CONSEJO DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO DE MEXICA. v. U.S.

No. 2:05-CV-0870-PMP (LRL)

438 F.Supp.2d 1207 (2006)

CONSEJO DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO DE MEXICALL, AC; Citizens United for Resources and the Environment; and Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America; Gale Norton, Secretary of the Department of the Interior; and John W. Keys III, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Defendants. City of Calexico, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Imperial Irrigation District; San Diego County Water Authority; Central Arizona Water Conservation District; State of Nevada; Southern Nevada Water Authority; and Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

July 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Gaylord Smith, Las Vegas, NV, William J. Snape, III, Law Office of William J. Snape, III, Washington, DC, Jay F. Stein, Stein & Brockmann, PA, Santa Fe, NM, Gideon Kracov, Law Office of Gideon Kracov, for Plaintiffs.

James P. Lough, Jennifer M. Lyon, Steven E. Boehmer, McDougal Love Eckis, et al, El Cajon, CA, for Plaintiff-Intervenor.

Sheri M. Schwartz, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Las Vegas, NV.

David J. Depippo, John J. Rhodes, III, Karma B. Brown, Kathy Robb, Virginia S. Albrecht, Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC, Douglas K. Miller, Central Arizona Water Conservation District, Phoenix, AZ, Kevin R. Stolworthy, Jones Vargas, James H. Davenport, Jennifer T. Crandell, Office of the Attorney General, Las Vegas, NV, Mark J. Hattam, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, San Diego, CA, William H. Swan, Horton, Knox, Carter & Foote, El Centro, CA, for Defendant-Intervenors.

Blaine T. Welsh, U.S. Attorney's Office, Las Vegas, NV, Kelly A. Johnson, U.S. DOJ, S. Jay Govindan, Robert L. Gulley, U.S. DOJ—Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, Stephen M. MacFarlane, U.S. Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, Michael A. Gheleta, U.S. DOJ, Denver, CO, for Defendants.


ORDER RE: SUMMARY JUDGMENT

PRO, Chief Judge.

A long history precedes this action commenced July 19, 2005, by Plaintiffs' Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief challenging the final authorization of the All-American Canal Lining Project (AACLP).

The Mexicali Aquifer underlies both the Imperial Valley in California and the Mexicali Valley in Mexico. Prior to 1901, waters from the Colorado and Alamo rivers recharged the Mexicali aquifer...

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