CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
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REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Declares CVP Initial 2022 Allocation of Zero Percent for Irrigation—DWR Reduces SWP Allocations Reduced to Five Percent159
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Decommissioning of Four Klamath River Dams160
Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Submit Temporary Urgency Change Petition to State Water Resources Control
Board162
Department of Water Resources Begins Preparation of Environmental Impact Report for West False River Drought Salinity Barrier164
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Sierra Club Files Lawsuit Against City of San Jose Over Large Development Along the Guadalupe River167
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing Request Opposing Tribal Breach of Trust Claim in Colorado River Water Rights Dispute169
Navajo Nation v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., ___F.4th___, Case No. 19-17088 (9th Cir. 2022).
District Court:
District Court Upholds EPA’s ‘Reasonable Availability’ Analysis in the Establishment of Clean Water Act ‘No Discharge Zone’170
American Waterways Operators v. Regan, ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 18-CV-2933 (APM) (D. D.C. Feb. 14, 2022).
Court of Federal Claims:
Federal Claims Court Determines Federal Government Is Not Required to Pay Local Fees to Abate Water Pollution173
City of Wilmington v. United States, ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 16-1619C (Fed. Cl. 2022).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Court of Appeal:
Third District Court Finds Watermaster, Not Aggrieved Party, Dismisses Appeal of Trial Court Orders Interpreting Water Rights Decree175
Dow v. Lassen Irrigation Co., ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. C091965 (3rd Dist. Feb. 23, 2022).
Second District Court Upholds EIR for Kern Water Bank Authority’s Water Bank Recharge Pro-
ject176
Buena Vista Water Storage District v. Kern Water Bank, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B309764 (2nd Dist. Feb. 23, 2022).
