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Earlier this week, a bipartisan letter from members of Congress was sent to Governor Jerry Brown, Secretaries Laird, Jewell and Pritzker and Administrator McCarthy. The letter asked for a 60-day extension for Congressional members to review the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan/California “Water Fix” and the Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report and Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIR/SDEI).
According to the letter, the RDEIR/SDEI is 8,000 pages, in addition to the 40,000 pages of the original draft letter.
The Bay-Delta Conservation Plan is the controversial plan proposed by Governor Jerry Brown that would install twin tunnels from the Delta to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Part of the ongoing controversy has to do with farmers losing their land due to eminent domain.
The project is expected to cost $15 billion and take more than eight years to build.
The letter was submitted by Representatives Jeff Denham (R-CA), John Garamendi (D-FL), Doug, LaMalfa (R-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-AZ), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), and Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
