Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environ mentalism To Provide Water to Southern California

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January 30, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8479-8480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02041]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 19 / Thursday, January 30, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Memorandum of January 20, 2025

                
Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical 
                Environ mentalism To Provide Water to Southern 
                California

                Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce [and] the 
                Secretary of the Interior

                I hereby direct the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary 
                of the Interior, in consultation with the heads of 
                other departments and agencies of the United States as 
                necessary, to immediately restart the work from my 
                first Administration by the National Marine Fisheries 
                Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of 
                Reclamation, and other agencies to route more water 
                from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of 
                the state for use by the people there who desperately 
                need a reliable water supply.

                During my first term, the State of California, at the 
                direction of its Governor, filed a lawsuit to stop my 
                Administration from implementing improvements to 
                California's water infrastructure. My Administration's 
                plan would have allowed enormous amounts of water to 
                flow from the snow melt and rainwater in rivers in 
                Northern California to beneficial use in the Central 
                Valley and Southern California. This catastrophic halt 
                was allegedly in protection of the Delta smelt and 
                other species of fish. Today, this enormous water 
                supply flows wastefully into the Pacific Ocean.

                The recent deadly and historically destructive 
                wildfires in Southern California underscore why the 
                State of California needs a reliable water supply and 
                sound vegetation management practices in order to 
                provide water desperately needed there, and why this 
                plan must immediately be reimplemented.

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                Within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, the 
                Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of the Interior 
                shall report to me regarding the progress made in 
                implementing the policies in this memorandum and 
                provide any recommendations regarding future 
                implementation.
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                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, January 20, 2025

[FR Doc. 2025-02041
Filed 1-29-25; 8:45 am]
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