Judge: Agencies’ Analysis Of Central Valley Water Contracts Was Proper

Mealey's (February 28, 2019, 1:45 PM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Feb. 26 ruled that federal agencies performed the proper analysis for the impact water contracts would have on the Central Valley Project, a federal water management project in California, and he denied environmental organizations’ claim that a 2015 document issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) was invalid (Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. David Bernhardt, No. 05-1207, E.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30649)....