Opinion
No. S116870.
08-13-2003
PEOPLE ex rel. DEPT. OF CONSERVATION v. EL DORADO COUNTY.
Petitions for review granted.
Petitions for review granted.
Petitions for review by appellants Department of Conservation et al., real party in interest Brunius, and respondent El Dorado County et al. are granted.
The issue to be briefed and argued is limited at this time to the following issue raised in the appellants petition: Does the Director of the Department of Conservation have standing to file a petition for writ of administrative mandate challenging the validity, under the Surface Mining and Reclamation act (Pub. Resources Code, § 2710 et seq.) and the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.), of a local lead agencys approval of reclamation plans and financial assurances for surface mining operations?
Submission of additional briefing on the issue raised in the petitions filed by real party in interest and respondent is deferred pending consideration and disposition of a related issue in Vendanta Society of Southern California v. California Quartet, Ltd. (S112816) and further order of this court.
GEORGE, C.J., and KENNARD, BAXTER, WERDEGAR, CHIN, BROWN and MORENO, JJ, concur.