Legal Opinion
San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Salazar
District Court, E.D. California
Decided November 13, 2009No. 2:09-cr-00407PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION RE CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON NEPA ISSUES
OLIVER W. WANGER, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case arises out of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“FWS”) December 15, 2008 biological opinion (“BiOp” or “2008 smelt BiOp”) addressing the impact of coordinated operations of the Central Valley Project (“CVP”) and State Water Project (“SWP”) (the “Projects”) on the threatened delta smelt, prepared pursuant to Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2). Because the BiOp found that planned coordinated Project operations…
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