February 2004 Stipulation and Order and Final EIR/EIS

After the publication of the Draft EIR/EIS, the MOU parties continued to hold additional negotiations to resolve the dispute over the two alternatives for the pump station capacity and other issues related to the MOU. In February 2004, the MOU parties reached an agreement, and a Stipulation and Order was entered in Inyo County Superior Court (Case Number SICVCV01-29768, Sierra Club and Owens Valley Committee v. City of Los Angeles et al., February 13, 2004). This February 2004 Stipulation and Order specifies the following with respect to the LORP project description:

• The maximum flow to be diverted by the pump station from the river will be 50 cfs. (See Section 2.4.)
• LADWP will provide matching funds for LORP saltcedar control equal to the amount obtained by the County up to a total of $1.5 million (not to exceed $500,000 in any given year). Matching funds will be in addition to the funds provided by LADWP for saltcedar control under the Inyo County/Los Angeles Long Term Water Agreement. LADWP will commence providing funding by matching the $560,000 Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) grant that was awarded to the County in February 2004. (See Section 2.2.2 and Section 10.4.4.)

The LORP project description presented in Section 2.0 of this Final EIR/EIS reflects these requirements specified in the Stipulation and Order. In addition, the Stipulation and Order specifies an implementation schedule for the LORP, and requires that the baseflow of 40 cfs be achieved in the river no later than April 1, 2006 (see also Section 2.2.3 "Schedule and Phasing").

[LORP Final EIR/EIS 1.0 INTRODUCTION - 1.1.4 February 2004 Stipulation and Order and Final EIR/EIS]

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