From the Cal Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Board:
This ruling addresses (1) a request by the Sacramento Valley Water Users (SVWU) regarding the grouping of the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) and the Department of Interior’s (collectively, Petitioners) witnesses into panels during the case-in-chief phase of Part 2; (2) a request by East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) for additional time to cross-examine Petitioners’ Panel 2 witnesses; (3) a request on behalf of Save the California Delta Alliance, et al., (Delta Alliance), North Delta C.A.R.E.S., Patrick Porgans, and Snug Harbor Resorts, LLC (Snug Harbor), to revise the Part 2 Order of Presentation as to those parties; and (4) Petitioners’ opposition to a policy statement submitted by Partnership for Sound Science in Environmental Policy (PSSEP). A revised Order of Presentation is attached to this ruling.
We acknowledge that multiple parties have submitted or joined motions to stay this water right hearing for 90 days or longer, and those motions are still under consideration. This ruling should not be interpreted as having any bearing on the merits of those motions. Until we rule on the pending motions for a stay, the parties should assume that Part 2 will begin in accordance with our January 17, 2018 Hearing Notice of Schedule Change—with policy statements only on February 2, 2018, followed by the evidentiary portion of the hearing starting February 5, 2018.
Read the ruling letter here: 20180123_cwf_ruling and attachment
