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California Court of Appeal Finds City Did Not Violate CEQA By Failing to Summarize Revisions to Previously Circulated Programmatic EIR In Recirculated Draft

By Bridget McDonald In the partially published opinion the Fourth District Court of Appeal held, for the first time, that the City of San Diego…

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Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Water Court’s Jurisdiction over Dispute Involving Land Developer’s Alleged Ditch Modifications

By John Sittler, Esq., and Jason Groves, Esq. On November 15, 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court upheld the Division 1 Water Court’s decision in a…

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California State Water Board and DWR Release Report on New Groundwater Management Principles and Strategies for Drinking Water

By Jaclyn Kawagoe and Derek Hoffman The California Department of Water Resources (DWR), in coordination with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB or Board),…

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Tenth Circuit Decision Reinforces Federal Clean Air Act Citizen Suits Against Mobile Sources

By Monica Browner and Hina Gupta In its recent decision in Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE) v. Diesel Power Gear, LLC, et al.,…

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reissues and Modifies New Clean Water Act Section 404 Nationwide Permits

By Lowry Crook, Ana Schwab and Rebecca Andrews On December 27, 2021, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) finalized 40 nationwide permits and…

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Mississippi v. Tennessee: U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Groundwater in Interstate Aquifer Is Not Owned by States but Is Equitably Apportioned Among Them

By Roderick E. Walston In Mississippi v. Tennessee, ___U.S.___, Case No. 143 Original (Nov. 22, 2021), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that in a…

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Lower Colorado River Basin Water Agencies Reach Agreement on 500+ Plan as Drought Response Efforts Continue

By Wesley A. Miliband and Kristopher T. Strouse At the December 15, 2021 Colorado River Water Users Association conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada, water…

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California Court of Appeal Upholds Denial of Union’s Permissive Intervention into Complex CEQA Matter

By Travis Brooks In a decision filed November 4, 2021, the Second District Court of Appeal upheld a Los Angeles County Superior Court order refusing…

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U.S. District Court Rejects Tribal Challenge to Existing Licensed Hydroelectric Project

By Jamie Morin U.S. District Court Judge, Barbara Rothstein has dismissed claims filed by the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe seeking relief from continued operation of a…

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Department of The Interior Approves Solar Projects on BLM-Managed California Lands, Solicits Interest for Leasing Lands in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada

By Deborah Quick, Esq. Advancing the Biden administration’s goal of substantially increasing the production of renewable energy from federally-owned lands, on December 21, 2021 the…

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