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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />W <br />I- <br />W <br />v1 <br /> <br />Federal District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed all six claims <br /> <br />brought by the plaintiff, EDF. <br />On November 28, 1979, EDF filed notice of appeal of the District Court <br />decision. On April 21, 1981, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals <br />upheld the District Court's decision. <br /> <br />Legislative Action Since 1978 <br />Several proposed amendments to Public Law 93-320, the Colorado River <br />Basin Salinity Control Act, have been considered during the 1978-1981 period. <br />After the Bureau Solicitor advised that Public Law 93-320 did not authorize <br /> <br />feasibility level studies, legislation was enacted, Public Law 96-375, in <br />1980, which authorizes the Bureau to prepare feasibility reports on the units <br />listed in Section 203(a)(l) of Public Law 93-320 and other identified units. <br />See Appendix C for Public Law 96-375. <br />Legislation, S. 2545, was introduced in 1980 to substitute closed pipes <br />for lined laterals on the Grand Valley Unit and to authorize fish and wild- <br />life mitigation on authorized units. Since Congress did not act on S. 2545, <br />and in order that construction might proceed on Stage I of the Grand Valley <br />Unit, the Bureau submitted, on August 4, 1980, a letter to Congress request- <br /> <br />ing that they be allowed to use pipes instead of lined laterals for the Grand <br />Valley Unit. Congress did not object to the Bureau's request and construc- <br />tion may commence in 1981. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />,i...... <br />