Eastern Water Law & Policy Reporter
June 2018
Volume 13, Number 5
June 2018
EASTERN WATER NEWS
Connecticut Passes New Climate Change Legislation Which Addresses Sea Level Rise and Flooding Scenarios119
News from the West120
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions123
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Eighth Circuit finds NPDES Permit Holder Has Standing to Challenge TMDL that Will Inevitably Lead to Imposition of More Stringent Permit Conditions125
Kennett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 887 F.3d 424 (8th Cir. 2018).
Ninth Circuit Holds that Extinction-Level Threat to Listed Species Is Not Required Before an Injunction Can Issue under the Endangered Species
Act127
National Wildlife Federation v. National Marine Fisheries Service, ___F.3d___, Case No. 17-35462 (9th Cir. Apr. 2, 2018).
District Court Strikes Down Challenge to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act Enforcement of Effluent Limitations129
Clean Water Action v. Pruitt, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 17-0817 (DLF) (D. D.C. Apr. 18, 2018).
District Court Rejects Exxon Mobile Corporation’s Constitutional Claims against New York and Massachusetts Attorneys’ General131
Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Schneiderman, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 17-CV-2301 (VEC) (S.D. N.Y. Mar. 29, 2018).
District Court Finds California Law Precludes Recovery for Future Remediation Costs in Soil and Groundwater Contamination Case133
Greenfield MHP Associates, L.P. v. Ametek, Inc., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 15-cv-1525 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 16, 2018).
District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Groundwater Contamination Tort Claims in the Face of
Factual Inquiry for Statute of Limitations
Defense.135
Hicksville Water Dist. v. Phillips Electronics North American Corp., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 2:17-CV-04442 (E.D. N.Y. Mar. 29, 2018).
District Court Denies Water Users’ Request for Relief from Injunction Requiring Increased Flows From Klamath Project137
Hoopa Valley Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 16-cv-4294 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 30, 2018); Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 16-cv-6863 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 30, 2018).
District Court finds TMDLs Setting a Minimum Amount of Pollutant to Be Removed from River Do Not Satisfy the Clean Water Act’s Mandate139
Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 16-1861 (D. D.C. Mar. 30, 2018).
