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FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TEHAMA -COLUSA CANAL No. 11-17199

AUTHORITY ,

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:10-cv-00712- v. OWW-DLB

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

THE INTERIOR ; KENNETH LEE OPINION

SALAZAR, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; UNITED

STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION ;

MICHAEL L. CONNOR, in his official capacity as the Commissioner of Reclamation; DONALD R. GLASER, in his official capacity as Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation for the Mid-Pacific Region, Defendants-Appellees,

SAN LUIS & DELTA MENDOTA

WATER AUTHORITY ; WESTLANDS

WATER DISTRICT ,

Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Oliver W. Wanger, Senior District Judge, Presiding T EH AM A -C OLUSA C AN AL A U TH . V . U.S. D EP ’T O F I N TERIO R

Argued and Submitted December 5, 2012—San Francisco, California

Filed July 1, 2013

Before: Stephen S. Trott and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and Frederic Block, Senior District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Rawlinson

SUMMARY**

Water…