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Searls Valley Minerals and Groundwater Authority announce settlement; residents urge transparency
Summary
Council reported that the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority and Searls Valley Minerals reached a settlement to drop certain lawsuits and collaborate on implementing the groundwater sustainability plan; callers urged the GA to publish the settlement and questioned financial/fee outcomes.
Councilman Heyman read a statement on Nov. 19 announcing a settlement and partnership between the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority (GA) and Searls Valley Minerals.
The read statement said both parties “have reached a comprehensive settlement agreement” in which Searls has agreed to dismiss separate lawsuits and “not to challenge the scientific and technical findings of the valley’s mandated groundwater sustainability plan” and will…
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