Executive Order Category Rationale

Justification

The peer reviewer correctly identifies that this order's primary focus is water resources management and delivery infrastructure. Section 2, the most extensive and detailed portion, centers on ensuring adequate water resources, maximizing water deliveries through the CVP and State Water Project, increasing water storage and conveyance capacity, and expediting water-supply projects by overriding ESA and NEPA regulations. While hydropower production is mentioned, it appears as a secondary benefit of water infrastructure operations rather than the primary energy security objective, making Natural Resources Development the more accurate primary categorization under the Subject Matter First rule.

Secondary relevant categories

• Energy Security & Infrastructure
• Climate & Environmental Policy