FEATURE ARTICLE
California Supreme Court Address ‘Issue Exhaustion’ Finding It is Not Always a Prerequisite to Seeking Judicial Review under Proposition 218 by Bridget McDonald, Esq., Remy Moose Manley, LLP, Sacramento109
CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Arizona Takes Steps under Colorado River Plan to Support Lake Mead
Levels114
Sites Project Authority and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Issue Revised
Environmental Documents for the Sites Reservoir Project116
Causes of Low Winter-Run Chinook Egg Survival Rate Debated by Ex-
perts117
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
California to Receive Extensive Benefits from Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act120
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reissues and Modifies New Clean Water Act Section 404 Nationwide Permits122
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and DWR Withdraw Temporary Urgency Change Petition to Modify Delta Flow and Water Quality Requirements124
California State Water Board and DWR Release Report Outlining New Groundwater Management Principles and Strategies for Drinking Water126
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Grants Clean Water Act Petition for Review and Remands National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit128
Food & Water Watch v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 20 F.4th 506 (9th Cir. 2021).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Court of Appeal:
First District Court Holds State Water Board Process of Granting Domestic Use Registrations are ‘Ministerial’ and Exempt from CEQA130
Mission Peak Conservancy v. State Water Resources Control Board, 72 Cal.App.5th 873 (1st Dist. 2021).
