Environmental, Energy and Climate Change Law & Regulation Reporter

FEATURE ARTICLE

63

CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE

Recent Scientific Studies on Climate Change72

REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

Council on Environmental Quality Publishes Final Rule Updating NEPA’s Implementing Regulations75

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Impact

Statement on the Proposed Raising of Anderson Ranch Dam on the Boise River77

Rio Grande Compact Commissioners Grant Emergency Permission under the Rio Grande Compact to Release Stored Water in New Mexico’s El Vado Reservoir78

California’s Regional Water Board Delays Vote on Huntington Beach

Desalination Plant Proposal80

PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS

Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions82

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

Federal:

Radically Revised Agency Interpretation of Its Own Clean Air Act Regulation Rejected by the Tenth Circuit85

Sierra Club v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 964 F.3d 882 (10th Cir. Jul. 2, 2020).

District Court Finds NRDC Lacks Standing to Sue over EPAs Delay in Emergency Rulemaking on Monitoring and Reporting87

National Resources Defense Council v. Bodine, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 20 CIV. 3058 (CM) (S.D. N.Y. July 8, 2020).

State:

California Court of Appeal Affirms State Water Board’s Authority to Regulate Unreasonable Water Use through Temporary Emergency Regulations and Curtailment Orders89

Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company v. State of California, 50 Cal.App.5th 976 (3rd Dist. 2020).