CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Delta Watermaster Makes Recommendations on the Expansion of ‘Term
91’99
The Countdown to Expiration of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agree-
ment101
Yuba County Water Agency Sends Notice of Intent to Sue Federal Agencies over Reasonably Prudent Alternatives in BiOp for Two Yuba River
Dams103
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Summary of 2012 California Water-Related Legislation106
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Passes Rule Exempting Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads from Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting Requirements109
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Two Clean Water Act Cases111
Groups File Suit in State Court Alleging that the State Water Board Is Delaying Water Quality Improvement in the Central Coast113
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Eleventh Circuit Finds District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Enjoin a State Water Contract Dispute115
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Fund, Inc. v. City of Atlanta, ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 10-10711, 10-10718 (11th Cir. Nov. 19, 2012).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
California Supreme Court:
California Supreme Court Gives ‘Expansive Interpretation’ to State Coastal Act Permit Require-
ment118
Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates, LLC v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.4th___, Case No. S187243 (Nov. 29, 2012).
District Court of Appeal:
Sixth District Affirms Majority of Stipulation Allocating Water Rights in the Santa Maria Valley Groundwater Basin120
City of Santa Maria, et al. v. Richard E. Adam, et al., ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. H032750 (6th Dist. Nov. 21, 2012).
Third District Court Clarifies Interrelated Diversion and Storage Rights in the Susan River Decree122
Dow v. Lassen Irrigation Co., ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. C068550 (3rd Dist. Nov. 19, 2012).
Sixth District Addresses Several Aspects of an EIR, Including Water Supply and the Project Description for Proposed U.C. Santa Cruz Project123
Habitat and Watershed Caretakers v. City of Santa Cruz, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. H037545 (6th Dist. Nov. 27, 2012).
Fourth District Finds an NPDES Permit Issued for the Planned Carlsbad Desalination Facility Does Not Violate the State Water Code125
Surfrider Foundation v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. D060382 (4th Dist. Nov. 30, 2012).
