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Posts From Bob Schuster

The Multitude of Oversight for California’s Oroville Dam—Will this Become a Model for Dams throughout the State and in the West?

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is overseeing repairs to the Oroville Dam in [...]

California Governor Brown Signs Bill Authorizing Regional Water Boards to Order the Provision of Sewer Service to Disadvantaged Communities

California Governor Jerry Brown Jr. recently approved Senate Bill 1215 (SB 1215), to add Chapter [...]

New Proposed Rule and Pending Supreme Court Case Have Potential to Limit Designation of Unoccupied Areas as Critical Habitat under Federal Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and, [...]

California Court of Appeal Invalidates County’s CEQA Guidance For Greenhouse Gas Impacts

Affirming a trial court judgment, the Fourth District Court of Appeal invalidated a document adopted [...]