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REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Formally Executes Pechanga Water Rights Settlement Agreement102
Federal Agencies to Defer the Applicability of the 2015 ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule103
How Department of the Interior’s Modification of Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada Implicates Water Rights105
California State Water Resources Control Board Proposes First-Ever Permanent Water Conservation Regulations106
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Faces New Challenge over Proposed Cadiz Project109
Environmental Plaintiffs Unsuccessful in District Court in Alleging that EPA Is Required to Review State Temporary Urgency Change Orders before They Are Issued110
Lawsuit Filed to Compel the State Water Resources Control Board to Identify Waterways throughout California as Hydrologically Impaired under the Clean Water Act113
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
District Court:
District Court Finds City’s Property Interest in Its Stormwater Management Systems Allow It to Pursue a Public Nuisance Claim115
City of San Diego v. Monsanto Company, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 15cv578-WQH-AGS (S.D. Cal. Nov. 22, 2017).
District Court Rejects Citizen Suit under the Clean Water Act, but Allows NPDES Challenge to Proceed under the Administrative Procedure Act117
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Pruitt, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 2:17-cv-03454-SVW-KS (C.D. Cal. Nov. 2, 2017.)
