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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Delta pumping
process may spur lawsuit <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Contra Costa
Times – 3/8/06<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">By Mike Taugher,
staff writer</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">California</SPAN></FONT></st1:State></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">'s largest water
delivery system lacks the most basic permits required by the state's endangered
species protection law, an association of anglers charged Tuesday in a formal
lawsuit threat.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The notice
of intent to sue the state Department of Water Resources comes as the population
of one fish protected under the law, the Delta smelt, is severely depressed and
other fish populations throughout the Delta also are
plummeting.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">At issue is
whether the department's State Water Project, which delivers water from the
Delta to more than 20 million people from <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Alameda</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> to <st1:place w:st="on">Southern
California</st1:place>, complies with the California Endangered Species
Act.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">"They have
just fundamentally blown off CESA," said Bill Jennings, executive director of
the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, which filed the
notice.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The threat
is the latest sign that a decade of relative calm in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> water policy
could be giving way to a more bare-knuckled
approach.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">"I think
those days (of cooperation) are over," <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Jennings</st1:City></st1:place> said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Environmentalists,
anglers and others blame the state-owned pumps in Byron and smaller pumps owned
by the federal government in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Tracy</st1:City></st1:place> for an ongoing decline among Delta fish
species. The decline appears to have dramatically worsened in recent
years.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Scientists
are still trying to determine the cause but say the pumps could be a
contributor.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The fact
that the State Water Project has no permits or other formal documentation
required by the state endangered species law was first determined last August by
a state Senate committee.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Senate
Natural Resources and Water Committee's inquiry was prompted by a report in the
Contra Costa Times that showed on two occasions last year that biologists were
overruled when they recommended temporarily curtailing pumping to protect the
smelt.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">On Tuesday,
DWR deputy director Jerry Johns said that although the State Water Project does
not have formal state-issued permits, a series of other documents give it a
"patchwork" of compliance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">"We think
we are in compliance," Johns said. "We have a federal (document with a permit)
and we meet once a week with biologists, including the state biologists, to make
changes for Delta smelt."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The
documents in that patchwork include a 1986 agreement designed to offset losses
of striped bass, salmon and steelhead at the pumps and a 1995 amendment that
Johns said expanded the earlier agreement to include Delta smelt and other fish
species.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The
documents do not make it clear that they are meant to serve as compliance for
the state endangered species law.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Terry
Erlewine, general manager of the State Water Contractors, which represents water
agencies that take water from the project, also said those earlier documents
mean the state water department is complying with the
law.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Nevertheless, the
Department of Water Resources and the Department of Fish and Game are attempting
to develop a new species conservation plan authorized under the state
law.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Although
the State Water Project has similar permits from federal agencies, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Jennings</st1:City></st1:place> and lawyer Michael
Lozeau said the state law is more stringent.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Jennings</SPAN></FONT></st1:City></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> and Lozeau said this is
because the federal law requires state water managers to simply develop
reasonable alternatives that prevent jeopardizing the existence of fish species.
The state law, they said, requires the state to fully "mitigate," or offset, the
losses of fish.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">"That means
the species is not any worse off after the project than before," Lozeau said.
"We're seeing this blatant violation by DWR because they don't want to hear what
Fish and Game has to say about full mitigation. We think that will have very
substantial (protections) for these fish."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Johns said
the state law would require the department to fully offset the loss of fish only
to the extent that it affects the overall population, he said.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">And, he
said, it is difficult to tell whether the state pumps are affecting population
levels.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The
sportfishing organization's notice said that it intends to sue after 30 days,
but added it is willing to discuss a way to settle the case first.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><A
href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/science/14045663.htm">http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/science/14045663.htm</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=headline1><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Anglers say they may
sue</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">; <SPAN class=subheadline1><B>Group
wants protection for fish dying at pumps<o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN
class=subheadline1><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Stockton</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
class=subheadline1><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Record –
3/8/06<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=subheadline1><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">By Warren Lutz, staff
writer</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN class=subheadline1><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">STOCKTON</SPAN></FONT></st1:City></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> - A sportfishing
association says it will sue state water officials if they don't prevent the
loss of endangered and threatened fish species at pumps that deliver water to 23
million Californians.<BR><BR>The Department of Water Resources is violating
state law, because it never got the permits required to take the thousands of
Delta smelt and chinook salmon that die at the pumps near <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tracy</st1:place></st1:City> every year, the
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance said Tuesday.<BR><BR>"The
(department) and the Department of Fish and Game have essentially ignored the
requirements of the California Endangered Species Act," said Bill Jennings, the
group's chairman.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The plight of the smelt
and other plummeting fish populations in the Delta is of increasing concern to
environmentalists, anglers, scientists and politicians.<BR><BR>The tiny,
translucent, blue fish, seen as an indicator of the entire Delta estuary's
health, are listed as threatened under the federal and state endangered species
acts. Early results from a California Fish and Game trawl survey show that their
population is at its lowest level since the surveys began in
1967.<BR><BR>Department of Water Resources Deputy Director Jerry Johns
acknowledged the state never applied for the so-called incidental take permits
that allow the killing of fish at the pumps.<BR><BR>Last year, a team of
scientists identified exports that deliver water to homes and farms south of the
Delta as a possible cause for the smelt's decline. Environmentalists blame
higher water deliveries from the Delta during the winter for taking an
unexpectedly high toll on Delta fish.<BR><BR>But agreements with the Department
of Fish and Game allow the pumping arrangement to continue without violating
state law, Johns said.<BR><BR>"From a legal standpoint, we're covered under both
the federal Endangered Species Act and the state Endangered Species Act," Johns
said. "But evidently, someone doesn't think that."<BR><BR><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jennings</st1:place></st1:City> said such
agreements don't hold water.<BR><BR>"Unfortunately, a wink and a back-room
handshake doesn't comply with the statutory requirements of the (state law)," he
said.<BR><BR>A Department of Fish and Game spokesman referred questions
regarding the controversy to the Department of Water Resources.<BR><BR>The
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance said it will sue to enforce state
law if the state does not comply within 30 days.<BR><BR>The state's failure to
get permits for fish lost at the pumps emerged last year during a California
Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water hearing.<BR><BR>At the hearing,
committee Chairman Michael Machado, D-Linden, said he found the arrangement
between the Department of Water Resources and the Department of Fish and Game
troublesome, despite the "patchwork of agreements" the two agencies had with
each other.<BR><BR>Machado said he believes that water exports have been a
factor in the decline of several Delta fish species, including the smelt, and
that the state should have obtained permits.<BR><BR>"If you had incidental take
permits, you would have benchmarks where you would monitor the activities of the
pumping," Machado said. "That may have very well led to alterations in the way
that system was run."<BR><BR>In response to a public-records request in
December, the Department of Water Resources told a California Sportfishing
Protection Alliance attorney it had no record of applying for an incidental take
permit, nor did it have any documents showing that the pumps' effects on fish
were consistent with the state's Endangered Species Act.<BR><BR>"All indications
are they never bothered to comply with the statute," said Mike Lozeau, a
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance attorney.
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