CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Environmental Groups Issue Clean Water Act 60-day Notice to Veolia
Water North America-West and the International Boundary and Water Commission97
New MOU entered for Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery Efforts—Proposes to Stay Long Term Litigation Until 202899
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
State Water Resources Control Board Initiates Probationary Hearings under SGMA for Inadequate Groundwater Sustainability Plans101
State Water Resources Control Board Re-Adopts Emergency Regulations for the Shasta and Scott Rivers of the Klamath River Watershed102
Direct Potable Water Reuse Regulations Adopted for Treating Wastewater into High Quality Drinking Water in California104
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
SF Baykeeper Files Suit Against the Fish and Wildlife Service Seeking ESA Listing of the Longfin Smelt106
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Tenth Circuit Reverses $500,000 Clean Water Act Penalty After Incomplete Application of Maui Factors by the District Court108
Pamela Stone et al. v. High Mountain Mining Co. LLC et al., ___F.4th___, Case No. 22-1340 (10th Cir., Jan. 3, 2024).
District Court:
District Court Rules U.S. Could Allocate Zero Acre-Feet to Drainage District and District Breached Its Federal Contract by Diverting Water under State Permit110
United States of America v. Klamath Drainage District, ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 1:22-cv-00962-CL (D. Or. Sept. 11, 2023).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
First District Court Upholds Injunction and Penalty Order for Unpermitted Conversion of Marsh Area for Kiteboarding Facility112
People ex rel. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission v. Sweeney, Unpub., Case No. A166565 (1st Dist. Dec. 8, 2023).
Superior Court:
Kern County Superior Court Modifies a Previous Injunction Governing Kern River Water to Limit Bakersfield’s Diversions114
Bring Back the Kern v. City of Bakersfield, Ruling on Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Dec. 27, 2023, Case No. BCV-22-103220 (Kern Super. Ct.).
