Environmental & Energy
Sep. 25, 2024
Environmentalists' attempt to halt Sites Reservoir project is dismissed
The project is serving as something of a pilot for new laws streamlining the environmental approval process. Plaintiffs had claimed the environmental impact report was inadequate.
The environmental impact report for the Sites Reservoir, a $4 billion proposed off stream reservoir project in the Sacramento Valley, was deemed legally adequate by a California appeal court amid objections from environmental groups.
The groups had previously filed a petition for a writ of mandate to stop the project, arguing that the impact report did not adequately explore feasible alternatives to protect the flow of water to a depressed salmon population downstream from the pro...
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