REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

April 2007

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Federal Plan Advances to Address Salinity Drainage Issues in the Western San Joaquin Valley

On Friday, March 9, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (the Bureau) released the San Luis Drainage Feature Re-Evaluation Record of Decision, which was prepared to resolve a lawsuit by identifying a strategy for meeting federal planning criteria and provide agricultural drainage service to the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project. After analyzing various alternatives, the Bureau identified a drainage plan to provide relief for 379,000 acres of salt-impaired lands in the western San Joaquin Valley (the Plan). Parties to the lawsuit continue to discuss an alternative proposal.