CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Department of Water Resources and the Bureau of Reclamation Conclude Case in Chief in California Waterfix Hearing Part 1a—Testimony and Evidence in Part 1b Comes Next35
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Water and Energy—U.S. Department of Energy and Department of the Interior Publish National Offshore Wind Strategy37
State Water Resources Control Board Releases Proposed Phase I Update to Bay-Delta Plan, Calls for Higher Instream Flows in San Joaquin Ri-
ver39
State Water Resources Control Board Releases Draft Report on Regulating Direct Potable Reuse of Recycled Water41
Department of Water Resources Completes First Round of Groundwater Basin Boundary Modifications under California’s Historic Groundwater Legislation42
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Governor Brown Approves Assembly Bill 2551, which Broadens Public Contracting Options for Surface Water Storage Projects45
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Tribe Files Lawsuit against the Bureau and NMFS Alleging ESA and Magnuson-Stevens Act Violations Stemming from Operations of the Klamath Project47
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Extensive EPA Collection of Private Information for Clean Water Act Enforcement Shielded from FOIA Disclosure by Eighth Circuit49
American Farm Bureau Federation v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 15-1234 (8th Cir. Sept. 9, 2016).
District Court:
District Court Upholds Nestlé Waters’ Right to Continue Water Diversions on U.S. Forest Service
Land51
Center For Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Service, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. EDCV152098JGBDTBX (C.D. Cal. Sept. 20, 2016).
District Court Rejects Endangered Species Act Challenge against the Hetch-Hetchy Water and Power Project53
Center For Environmental Science Accuracy and Reliability, et al., v. National Park Service, et al, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 1:14-cv-02063-LJO-MJS (E.D. Cal. Aug. 30, 2016).
District Court Holds Port District May Proceed with Claims against Monsanto Related to PCBs in San Diego Bay55
San Diego Unified Port District, et al. v. Monsanto Co., et al., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 15-cv-578-WHQ-JLB (S.D. Cal. Sept. 28, 2016).
RECENT STATE DECISIONS
Superior Court:
Superior Court Rules State Water Resources Control Board Has Authority under Public Trust Doctrine to Regulate Groundwater Pumping58
Environmental Law Foundation et al. v. State Water Resources Control Board and County of Siskiyou, Case No. 34-2010-80000583 (Sacramento Super Ct. Aug. 22, 2016).
