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Garamendi undaunted by Mono Lake setbackState Senator John a disappointing setback Garamendi has vowed to on April 9. The Senate continue his efforts to Agriculture and Water save Mono Lake despite Resources CommitteeHwy. 50 lanes closed due to constructionThere will be slowing of traffic and lane closures on U.S. 50 through Placerville and at Camino, five miles east, the next several months for highway construction.Beginning Monday (April 14), a state contractor will close the inside, fast lanes in both directions weekdays, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., while a concrete barrier is constructed in the center divider strip to prevent cross-over type accidents. One lane in each direction will remain open.In Placerville a three-mile section of divider will be constructed from Bedford Avenue to a half mile east of Newtown Road Overcrossing.In Camino a half-mile section will be constructed west of the East Camino Interchange. The work in Placerville will be done first, followed by that at Camino.voted 7-1 against Garamendi’s bill (SB 1617) to reduce water diversions from the Mono Basin by the Los Angeles Department of Water Power.Each year, the Los Angeles Aqueduct System diverts 120,000 acre feet of water that otherwise would flow into Mono Lake via tributary streams. The lake’s level has fallen over forty feet since the diversions began in 1941.“We’re not giving up on Mono Lake, ” Garamendi declared. “That lake simply has to be saved for its environmental, recreational, and aesthetic values. Unfortunately, the DWP refuses to limit in any way its unrestrained ability to use the Los Angeles water rights in Mono County. I think my bill contained a fair and equitable balance between the rightof Los Angeles to water and the right of Mono Lake to survival.” Garamendi’s bill would have implemented a 1979 Interagency Task Force plan to protect Mono Lake. The Task Force was composed of representatives from Mono County, Los Angeles, and several state andfederal agencies. The Task Force plan, in-corpora ted in Garamendi’s bill, would have reduced Los Angeles’ annual water diversions by 85,000 acre feet and raised Mono Lake to its 1970 level, an increase of 15 vertical feet.The cost of providingreplacement water for Los Angeles was to be shared by the federal, state and local gover nments. Los Angeles would also have been re uired to initiate water conservation and re clamation programs to meet it future water needs.UJ1M2nd PHASE•EXOTIC FISH•aouamjm amis•LNE ftOSN FOODS •ftEXI GUSS TANKS REPAKDBird Dept.Zebra FinchesReg. *995 each SALE PRICE $ .Pair ■ *•
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Folsom Orangevale News
Folsom, California, US
Wed, Apr 16, 1980
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