<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp333b33fdyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><strong style="font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;">Legal brief: Fishing groups sue feds for awarding CVP permanent repayment contracts without environmental review:</strong><span style="font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;"> North Coast Rivers Alliance, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation Of Fishermen's Associations, San Francisco Crab Boat Owners Association, Inc., and Institute For Fisheries Resources sue Department of the Interior and Bureau Of Reclamation over the awarding of permanent repayment (or “conversion”) contracts with Westlands Water District, East Bay Municipal Utility District, City of Folsom, Placer County Water Agency, City of Roseville, Sacramento County Water Agency, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and San Juan Water District without conducting the environmental review as required by NEPA and the CVPIA and without requiring the contractors to first obtain and provide court judgments validating the repayment contracts as required under 43 U.S.C. §§ 423e and 511, among other things. </span><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Volker-2020-07-08-NCRA-v-DOI-SASC-with-3-Exhibits-2.pdf" style="color: rgb(30, 115, 190); font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to read the legal filing</a><span style="font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;">.</span></span><br></div></body></html>