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Environmental

Feb. 11, 2015

High speed rail opponents petition 9th Circuit to rule on CEQA exemption

Opponents of California's high speed rail project petitioned the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to rule on whether or not the $68 billion project is exempt from the state's bedrock environmental law.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Opponents of California's high speed rail project petitioned the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to rule on whether or not the $68 billion project is exempt from the state's bedrock environmental law.

The petitioners, Kings County, nonprofit Transportation Solutions Defense And Education Fund and others, have filed several lawsuits against the California High Speed Rail Authority alleging it has run afou...

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