Government of the Province of Manitoba v. Salazar

OPINION

ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.

In this longstanding case concerning the National Environmental Policy Act, we await an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) promised by the Bureau of Reclamation, a constituent agency of the Department of the Interior. The underlying federal action requiring environmental study is the Northwest Area Water Supply (NAWS) Project in North Dakota that is designed to bring several billion gallons of Missouri River water across the continental divide into the Hudson Bay Basin and into homes in northern North Dakota. The Province of Manitoba sued because…