Environmental
Mar. 6, 2013
9th Circuit to reconsider delta smelt fish case
A federal appeals court will reconsider a case over whether the government properly considered the imperiled delta smelt fish when it renegotiated major water supply contracts.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal appeals court will reconsider a case over whether the government properly considered the imperiled delta smelt fish when it renegotiated major water supply contracts that send water from the Sacramento San Joaquin River delta to Central Valley farmers. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted Tuesday to grant rehearing en banc in the case where environmentalists argue the government should have considered the impacts of ...
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