FEATURE ARTICLE
State Water Resources Control Board’s Revised Notice of Preparation for Review of the 2006 Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Raises More Questions by Jeanne Zolezzi and Karna Harrigfeld, Herum|Crabtree, Stockton, California255
CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Twelve Water Agencies File Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over Expanded Critical Habitat Designation for the Santa Ana
Sucker260
ACWA’S New Framework for Sustainable Groundwater Management Recommends State, Regional and Local Collaborative Approach261
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Releases Report on Effects of Global Climate Change on Water Resources in Major Western River Basins263
EPA Issues Guidance to Identify Waters Protected by Clean Water Act266
Delta Stewardship Council Releases Third Draft of ‘Delta Plan’ for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta268
Draft Program Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Released on the San Joaquin River Restoration Program270
Stanislaus County Ordered by Regional Water Board to Investigate and Remediate Potential Source of Pollution to Tuolumne River272
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Superior Court Blocks Plans to Raise Dam on Pardee Reservoir274
Water Users Sue to Block California’s First Real Salmon Fishing Season Since 2007275
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeal:
Ninth Circuit Finds Los Angeles County Flood Control District Liable for Discharged Pollutants in Violation of the Clean Water Act277
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles, ___F.3d___, Case No. 10-56017 (9th Cir. Mar. 10, 2011).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Second District Upholds EIR’s Analysis of Construction-Related Water Quality Impacts, Treated Effluent Impacts, and Cumulative Groundwater Impacts279
Santa Monica Baykeeper v. City of Malibu, 193 Cal.App.4th 1538 (2nd Dist. 2011).
