Update on desalination plant in Carlsbad.

[AztecBill]

Environmental Impact Report: Certified June 13, 2006
Local Land Use Permits: Approved June 13, 2006
Discharge (NPDES) Permit: Approved August 16, 2006
Drinking Water Permit: Approved October 19, 2006
Coastal Development Permit (CA only): November 15, 2007
Permit conditions: Approved August 6, 2008
State Lands Commission (CA only): August 22, 2008
Environmental Mitigation Plan Approved: August 2008
San Diego Regional Water Quality Control board approved permit: May 12, 2009
Coastal Development Permit for pre-construction: Approved Nov 2009
Coastal Commission upheld plant in revocation hearing: Jan 12,2010
California extends authorization to sell $530 million in tax-free bonds: April 4, 2010
Coastal Commission upheld plant in revocation hearing: Feb 10, 2010
State Water Resources Control Board rejects lawsuit against: March 26, 2010
Court of Appeals upholds Lands Commission approval: December 12,2010
Coastal Commission Approves Wetlands Restoration Plan: Feb 9, 2011

All they need to be approved now is:

Final environmental study
Final project design

And then only win a couple more lawsuits on the study and design.

Then the Feds get involved and the NLRB and EPA are set loose.

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I wonder why more desalination plants aren't built? They make a lot of sense.

[aztecwin]

I believe in safety, the enviornment, and responsible development. That said, does this seem like it could not be boiled down a little and the time compressed a little?

[Bob Forsythe]

Coastal Commission is the most ugly. If they've got sign-off on that they're home free.

=Bob