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font-stretch: normal; font-size: 32px; line-height: 34px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px 70px;">Judge rejects effort to move Shasta Dam lawsuit to Fresno</h1><div class="ydp7f71466dasset-metabar" style="border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; margin: 20px 0px 23px 70px; width: 878px;"><span class="ydp7f71466dasset-metabar-author ydp7f71466dasset-metabar-item" data-track-label="article|news|authorbyline" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 14px; margin: 6px 0px 5px; padding: 2px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="http://www.redding.com/staff/10056270/damon-arthur/" style="color: rgb(78, 196, 255);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_4766871539">Damon Arthur</a>, Redding Record Searchlight</span><div><br></div><div id="ydp1507eec0enhancr_card_4766871539" class="ydp1507eec0yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp1507eec0yahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ydp1507eec0ymail-preserve-class ydp1507eec0ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="http://www.redding.com/staff/10056270/damon-arthur/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.redding.com/staff/10056270/damon-arthur/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydp1507eec0yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp1507eec0card-wrapper ydp1507eec0yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp1507eec0card ydp1507eec0yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" class="ydp1507eec0card-info ydp1507eec0yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:#fff;position:relative;z-index:2;width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0 0 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233)"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp1507eec0card-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Damon Arthur | Record Searchlight</h2><p class="ydp1507eec0card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">Damon Arthur reporter Damon Arthur covers resources, environment and the outdoors for the Record Searchlight and...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="ydp7f71466dasset-metabar-time ydp7f71466dasset-metabar-item ydp7f71466dnobyline" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; margin: 6px 0px 5px; padding: 2px 10px; position: relative; border: 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Published 11:36 a.m. PT July 22, 2019 | <span class="ydp7f71466dasset-metabar-time-updated" style="font-weight: 700;">Updated 11:37 a.m. PT July 22, 2019</span></span></div><div class="ydp7f71466dasset-double-wide ydp7f71466ddouble-wide ydp7f71466dp402_premium" style="float: left; margin-left: 10px; position: relative; width: 600px; margin-bottom: 20px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><div id="ydp7f71466dmodule-position-R9eL_zikg6Y" class="ydp7f71466dstory-asset ydp7f71466dvideo-asset" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br class="ydp7f71466dApple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div></div><p class="ydpcf92846dspeakable-p-1 ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">A judge has rejected a San Joaquin Valley irrigation district's request to move a lawsuit against raising the height of Shasta Dam to Fresno County.</p><p class="ydpcf92846dspeakable-p-2 ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Westlands Water District, based in Fresno, wanted to move <a data-track-label="inline|intext|n/a" href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/05/14/state-ag-environmental-groups-sue-stop-shasta-dam-raise/3668909002/" style="color: rgb(25, 144, 229);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_4553662938">the lawsuit against it </a>to its home county, but a judge has ruled the case will remain in Shasta County.</p><div><br></div><div id="ydpf0c1c3b4enhancr_card_4553662938" class="ydpf0c1c3b4yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpf0c1c3b4ymail-preserve-class ydpf0c1c3b4ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/05/14/state-ag-environmental-groups-sue-stop-shasta-dam-raise/3668909002/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/05/14/state-ag-environmental-groups-sue-stop-shasta-dam-raise/3668909002/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydpf0c1c3b4yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpf0c1c3b4card-wrapper ydpf0c1c3b4yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydpf0c1c3b4card ydpf0c1c3b4yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydpf0c1c3b4card-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/00IeN.KAwzX7Xy_BAnLAlg--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/09/27/PRRS/45fecad6-1c04-478b-bd96-4417b5f799cd-IMGP2809.JPG?crop=3761,2116,x0,y0&width=3200&height=1680&fit=bounds.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">After AG sues, Westlands Water District says it's studying whether to su...</h2><p class="ydpf0c1c3b4card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">Citing the state's Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the California attorney general and several groups have sued to s...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Colin O'Brien, a lawyer for Earthjustice, said after a brief court hearing Monday that he and others who sued Westlands argued that the case should stay in Redding because the effects of raising the height of Shasta Dam would be felt in Shasta County.</p><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"The case will have powerful consequences in Shasta County," O'Brien said.</p><div id="ydpcf92846dmodule-position-R9eL_zirUp8" class="ydpcf92846dstory-asset ydpcf92846dimage-asset" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><img itemprop="url" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/07/22/PRRS/99e37072-2241-4cac-93c8-c5abce74b592-rappelling.jpg?width=540&height=&fit=bounds&auto=webp" alt="Workers did testing on Shasta Dam in 2018 to determine whether it could withstand having an additional 18 1/2 feet of concrete placed on the crest of the dam." data-mycapture-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/07/22/PRRS/99e37072-2241-4cac-93c8-c5abce74b592-rappelling.jpg" data-mycapture-sm-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/07/22/PRRS/99e37072-2241-4cac-93c8-c5abce74b592-rappelling.jpg?width=500&height=334" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; 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font-weight: 400;">(Photo: Damon Arthur/Record Searchlight)</span></p><div class="ydpcf92846dclearfix"></div></div><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Numerous environmental and fishing groups and the California Attorney General sued Westlands in May, claiming the district is violating a state law that prohibits state public agencies from <a data-track-label="inline|intext|n/a" href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2018/09/27/work-begins-raising-height-shasta-dam/1449293002/" style="color: rgb(25, 144, 229);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_4669157836">working on or planning projects</a> that would have an adverse effect on the McCloud River.</p><div><br></div><div id="ydpd3fd9537enhancr_card_4669157836" class="ydpd3fd9537yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpd3fd9537ymail-preserve-class ydpd3fd9537ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2018/09/27/work-begins-raising-height-shasta-dam/1449293002/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2018/09/27/work-begins-raising-height-shasta-dam/1449293002/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydpd3fd9537yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpd3fd9537card-wrapper ydpd3fd9537yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydpd3fd9537card ydpd3fd9537yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydpd3fd9537card-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/00IeN.KAwzX7Xy_BAnLAlg--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/09/27/PRRS/45fecad6-1c04-478b-bd96-4417b5f799cd-IMGP2809.JPG?crop=3761,2116,x0,y0&width=3200&height=1680&fit=bounds.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Work begins on raising the height of Shasta Dam</h2><p class="ydpd3fd9537card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">The drilling is part of the prep work to raise the height of the dam 18½ feet.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Westlands is doing an environmental review of the effects of raising the height of Shasta Dam 18½ feet. But a previous environmental report by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said the dam raising would raise the lake level about 20 feet and further inundate about a third of a mile of the McCloud River. It also would increase the capacity of the lake by about 14 percent.</p><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Westlands lawyer Daniel J. O'Hanlon said the irrigation district is merely evaluating whether to work with the bureau to raise the height of the dam and hasn't made a decision to become a financial partner on the project.</p><div id="ydpcf92846dmodule-position-R9eL_ziPTOE" class="ydpcf92846dstory-asset ydpcf92846dimage-asset" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><img itemprop="url" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/07/22/PRRS/fcf97370-7fd8-4190-8cc6-a4399fde2dc6-dam_meeting.jpg?width=540&height=&fit=bounds&auto=webp" alt="Westlands Water District of Fresno held a meeting in Redding last year on an environmental impact report on the proposal to raise the height of Shasta Dam." data-mycapture-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/07/22/PRRS/fcf97370-7fd8-4190-8cc6-a4399fde2dc6-dam_meeting.jpg" data-mycapture-sm-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/07/22/PRRS/fcf97370-7fd8-4190-8cc6-a4399fde2dc6-dam_meeting.jpg?width=500&height=375" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; 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font-weight: 400;">(Photo: Damon Arthur/Record Searchlight)</span></p><div class="ydpcf92846dclearfix"></div></div><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Bureau officials have said they are working to get state and local partners to help pay 50 percent of the project's $1.4 billion cost.</p><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Because most of the environmental review is being conducted in Fresno County, the lawsuit should be heard there, O'Hanlon said.</p><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">But the judge's decision to keep the lawsuit in Shasta County wasn't a major blow to Westlands, he said.</p><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"It's not a huge deal, really," O'Hanlon said.</p><div id="ydpcf92846dmodule-position-R9eL_ziyHhI" class="ydpcf92846dstory-asset ydpcf92846dimage-asset" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><img itemprop="url" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/10/23/PRRS/c3f7e671-89cc-4699-abf5-d38b9254fad8-shasta_dam2.JPG?width=540&height=&fit=bounds&auto=webp" alt="Federal officials want to raise the height of Shasta Dam to store more water in Lake Shasta." data-mycapture-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/10/23/PRRS/c3f7e671-89cc-4699-abf5-d38b9254fad8-shasta_dam2.JPG" data-mycapture-sm-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/10/23/PRRS/c3f7e671-89cc-4699-abf5-d38b9254fad8-shasta_dam2.JPG?width=500&height=332" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 540px; width: 540px;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" class=""><span class="ydpcf92846dmycapture-btn-wrap"><span class="ydpcf92846dmycapture-non-priority-horizontal-image ydpcf92846dmycapture-btn-with-text ydpcf92846djs-mycapture-btn ydpcf92846djs-mycapture-photo-asset" style="font-size: 11px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22px; margin-right: 12px; padding: 0px 6px; position: relative; float: right; width: 78px; z-index: 100; min-height: 22px;">Buy Photo</span></span><p style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(100, 100, 100); padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">Federal officials want to raise the height of Shasta Dam to store more water in Lake Shasta. <span class="ydpcf92846dcredit" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(Photo: Damon Arthur/Record Searchlight)</span></p><div class="ydpcf92846dclearfix"></div></div><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">A potentially big deal, however, is pending before Shasta County Superior Court Judge Bradley L. Boeckman, who also ruled on the change of venue request.</p><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The Attorney General's Office and environmental and fishing groups have asked Boeckman to issue a preliminary injunction ordering Westlands to stop work on the environmental impact report.</p><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The district says it hasn't decided whether to support the project, but the bureau did some work on the dam in 2018. </p><div class="ydpcf92846dpartner-placement ydpcf92846dpartner-spike ydpcf92846dpartner-placement-visible" data-ad-placement="native-article_link" data-ad-sizes="[fluid,[3,3], [2,6]]" id="ydpcf92846dad-position-70" data-monetization-id="native-article_link" data-monetization-sizes="fluid,3,3,2,6" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="ydpcf92846dad-slot" id="ydpcf92846dad-slot-7103-ca-redding-C1265-native-article_link-news-6" data-google-query-id="CIeSmfOlyeMCFch3YgodDHoJzQ" style="position: relative;"><div style="border: 0pt none;"></div></div></div><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">In spring 2018 Congress <a data-track-label="inline|intext|n/a" href="https://www.redding.com/story/news/2018/03/14/proposed-federal-budget-includes-funds-raise-shasta-dam/426573002/" style="color: rgb(25, 144, 229);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_4710399688">approved $20 million for preconstruction and design work</a> on raising the dam. 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Proposed federal budget includes funds to raise Shasta Dam</h2><p class="ydpb337d6aecard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">The proposed 2019 federal budget includes $20 million for pre-construction and design work on the structure.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p class="ydpcf92846dp-text" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Bureau officials hope to award the first construction contract on raising the dam by the end of 2019, with work beginning in 2020. 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