Aqualliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Lawrence J. O'Neill, UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs,1 various water resource management and conservation organizations, challenge Defendants'2 "10-year water transfer program to move water from sellers located upstream of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta ('Delta') to willing buyers south of the Delta" (the "Project"). ECF No. 16, First Amended Complaint ("FAC") at ¶ 2. Specifically, Plaintiffs assert Reclamation's and the Authority's creation and approval of the Project's Final Long-Term Water Transfers Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report3…