Eastern Water Law & Policy Reporter
August/September 2019
Volume 14, Number 7
August/September 2019
EASTERN WATER NEWS
Trump Administration Undertakes Historic Rollback of Environmental Protections for National Parks171
Military Waste and Water Quality: New Mexico Aquifer Threatened by Kirtland Air Force Base Jet Fuel Spill172
Report Analyzes Extreme Heat Scenarios Likely to Become the Norm in the United States174
News from the West176
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
United States Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Water Quality Certification Regulations182
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions184
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Major Constitutional ‘Takings’ Decision Applicable to All Federal, State or Local Ordinances Throughout the
Nation188
Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, ___U.S.___, 139 S.Ct. 2162 (U.S. June 21, 2019).
Ninth Circuit Reverses Oil Industry Class Certification Due to Lack of Common Issues in Case Where Oil Crude Spill Reached the Pacific
Ocean190
Andrews v. Plains All American Pipeline, Ltd. Partnership, Unpub., Case No. 18-55850, (9th Cir. July 3, 2019).
Eighth Circuit Denies Private Right of Action under NEPA against State Agency Regarding Proposed Light Rail Transit Project191
Lakes & Parks Alliance of Minneapolis v. Federal Transit Administration, 928 F.3d 759 (8th Cir. 2019).
It’s All in the Name—D.C. District Court Finds TMDL Failed the Clean Water Act as It Didn’t Specify Daily Limits on E. Coli193
Anacostia Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Wheeler, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 16-cv-1651 (D. D.C. Aug. 12, 2019).