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Coastal Commission: Pristine or Degraded, Wetlands in Coastal Zone Receive Protection
Coastal Commission: Pristine or Degraded, Wetlands in Coastal Zone Receive Protection

Oct 1, 2000

CP&DR Staff, Legal Digest, Vol. 15 No. 10 Oct 2000

Building on an earlier case, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has expanded protection of low-quality coastal wetlands. Overturning a trial judge, the court ruled that all wetlands in California's coastal zone — even those not located in "environmentally sensitive habitat areas," (ESHAs) — should receive the same level of legal protection whether they are pristine or degraded. Last year, the same court ruled that coastal wetlands' quality could not be taken into account in determining wh...
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Giant SoCal Landowner Has Development Plans Brewing
Giant SoCal Landowner Has Development Plans Brewing

Oct 1, 2000

Local Watch, Paul Shigley, Vol. 15 No. 10 Oct 2000

Tejon Ranch Company has received approval from the Kern County Board of Supervisors for the Tejon Industrial Complex, a 320-acre business park along I-5 at the northern base of the Grapevine. Although it is a 45-mile drive from the outskirts of Los Angeles, the project appears to tie Kern County closer to metropolitan Southern California, a concept that Tejon Ranch encourages. Tejon Ranch owns 270,000 contiguous acres (422 square miles) in southern Kern and northern Los Angeles counties, ma...
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Lack of Groundwater Analysis Dooms Dump EIR: Ruling Is Only Part of Huge controversy Over Rail Cycle
Lack of Groundwater Analysis Dooms Dump EIR: Ruling Is Only Part of Huge controversy Over Rail Cycle

Oct 1, 2000

CP&DR Staff, Legal Digest, Vol. 15 No. 10 Oct 2000

The Fourth District Court of Appeal has thrown out an environmental impact report for a proposed San Bernardino County landfill because the EIR did not estimate the volume of groundwater underlying the site. Because the landfill could threaten the groundwater resource, decision-makers needed to know how large the resource is before determining whether the landfill was an acceptable risk, the unanimous three-judge panel held. Although the court threw out the EIR for lacking groundwater information, t...
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