Bernhardt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DESERT PROTECTION SOCIETY, No. 2:19-cv-00198-DJC-CKD Plaintiffs, v. ORDER

DEBRA HAALAND, in her official capacity as Secretary of the United State Department of the interior, et al. Defendants, and

EAGLE CREST ENERGY COMPANY,

INC.

19 Defendant-Intervenor. 20 This case deals with the Bureau of Land Management’s (“BLM”) decision to amend the California Desert Conservation Area Plan and grant a right-of-way to Intervenor-Defendant, Eagle Crest Energy Company to “construct, operate, maintain, and decommission a gen-tie [electrical] line and water supply pipeline” (the “Right-of- Way Project”) necessary for a pumped storage electrical generation project (the “Energy Project”). The Energy Project was approved and licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) in 2014, and the Right-of-Way Project was approved in 2018. Plaintiff, the Desert Protection Society, has brought this suit contending that BLM…