Western Water Law & Policy Reporter
May 2024
Volume 28, Number 7
May 2024
WESTERN WATER NEWS
Water For Sale Across the West Presents Differing Opportunities and Challenges155
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
California Assembly Bill Would Add Tribal Water Uses as ‘Waters of the State’ that May be Protected as ‘Beneficial Uses’157
2024 Utah Water Resource-Related Legislation158
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Releases Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Colorado River160
California Department of Water Resources Releases Water Plan Update Looking to the Future of Water Resource Management162
California State Water Board Extends Deadline to Protest Change Petition for DWR’s Delta Tunnel Project163
Idaho Department of Water Resources Modelling Predicts an Irrigation Season Demand Shortfall on the Conjunctively Managed Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer165
Washington State Department of Ecology Declares Nearly Statewide Drought Emergency166
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions168
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
District Court Issues Consent Decree Between Los Angeles Waterkeeper and Steel Company over Alleged Federal Clean Water Act Violation172
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Tell Steel, Inc., ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. CV 23-8720-GW-PVCx (C.D. Cal. Mar. 27, 2024).
District Court Orders Payment of Penalties for
Failure to Comply with Clean Water Act Consent Decree174
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Fund, Inc., at al. v. City of Atlanta, ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 1:95-CV-02550-TWT (N.D. Ga. Mar. 28, 2024).
State:
California Superior Court Rules in Favor of the State Water Board’s Substitute Environmental Document for Phase I of the SF Bay-Delta Plan175
State Water Board Case Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings, Case No. 5013 (Sac Super. Ct, Mar. 15, 2024).
