Legal Opinion
North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 21, 2013No. A133821, A135626PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
REARDON, J.
The Marin Municipal Water District (the District) is the proponent of a project to build a seawater desalination plant in Marin County (the Project). The District certified an environmental impact report (EIR) for the Project. North Coast Rivers Alliance (the Alliance) challenged this action, claiming, among other things, that the EIR failed to analyze adequately the adverse environmental consequences of the Project. The trial court concluded the EIR was invalid under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.). The District has…
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