FEATURE ARTICLE
The Kern River Fully Appropriated Streams Proceeding: A Study in Law, Policy and Efficiency by Joseph S. Schofield, Esq., Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento, California195
CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Petition to Reduce Sea Ice Carbon Looks to Combat Climate Change through the Clean Water Act200
Delta Technical Panel to Review ‘Vernalis Adaptive Management Plan’ . .202
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Group Files Petition with State Water Resources Control Board Seeking to Halt Eel River Diversions204
StateWater Resources Control Board Proposes Revised Policy for Maintaining North Coast Instream Flows205
California Fish and Game Commission Lists California Tiger Salamander as a Threatened Species207
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2009: Proposed Amendments to Implement a Program to Prevent Aquatic Invasive Species Within the Lake Tahoe
Basin209
Taps Shut on Feinstein Bill, But More Water May Be on the Way211
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Lawsuit Against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Set to Test California’s ‘Area of Origin’ Watershed Protections213
Owens Valley Committee Sues Fish and Game over EIR for Statewide Hatchery Program; Alleges Unmitigated Groundwater Impacts214
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Ninth Circuit Finds Written Comments Challenging a Pesticide Registration Decision Meets FIFRA ‘Public Hearing’ Requirement217
United Farm Workers of America v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 08-35528 (9th Cir. Jan. 26, 2010).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Supreme Court:
Supreme Court Rules 30-Day Statute of Limitations Applies Where Agency Has Posted an NOD, Regardless of Nature of the CEQA Violation Alleged220
Committee for Green Foothills v. Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, ___Cal.4th___, (Feb. 11, 2010).
District Court of Appeal:
First District Holds City’s Agreement to Provide Municipal Services to Proposed Tribal Casino Not a Project under CEQA222
Parchester Village Neighborhood Council v. City of Richmond, ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. A123859 (1st Dist. Feb. 24, 2010).
