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On December 16, 2016, exactly one week after it cleared the Senate with strong bipartisan support, President Obama signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the…
On February 8, 2017, the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) unanimously voted to extend for nine months, with minor modifications, existing emergency water…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied an emergency motion for injunction filed by plaintiff Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) seeking…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) Compensatory Mitigation Policy, effective December 27, 2016, its first comprehensive…
The California Supreme Court unanimously granted review of the Fourth District Court of Appeal’s published opinion in Union of Medical Marijuana Patients, Inc. v. City…
Asarco, LLC (Asarco) appealed a lower court’s entry of judgment in favor of Noranda Mining, Inc. (Noranda) in Asarco’s contribution action under the federal Comprehensive…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making it rain, so-to-speak, in four Nevada watersheds. The Sheckler Reservoir, Stillwater Marsh, Soda Lake-Carson River and South…
There is a court confrontation going on in Iowa that will help shed light on the extent to which the existing federal clean water regulatory…
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Water Transfers Rule,” which exempts water transfers from regulation under…
On January 24, 2017, President Donald Trump signed a series of Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda: …in keeping with his promise to reduce the…
