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CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Metropolitan Water District Votes to Finance Nearly $11 Billion of California WaterFix249
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Two Water-Related Bond Measures Will Be Put to California Voters in
2018251
Proposed Bill Seeks to Transfer Operation and Maintenance of the State Water Project from DWR to the ‘State Water Project Commission’252
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Department of Water Resources Issues Updated Basin Prioritizations under SGMA, Triggering Planning Changes in Basins Statewide255
California Water Commission Announces Final Public Benefit Ratios for Proposed Water Storage Projects256
Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project Receives Boost from California Water Commission258
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Grant of Summary Judgment Upholding EIS/EIR and Clean Water Act Permit for Newhall Ranch Project261
Friends of the Santa Clara River v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ___F.3d___, Case No. 15-56337 (9th Cir. Apr. 9, 2018).
Eighth Circuit finds NPDES Permit Holder Has Standing to Challenge TMDL that Will Inevitably Lead to Imposition of More Stringent Permit Conditions263
Kennett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 887 F.3d 424 (8th Cir. 2018).
Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court’s ESA Injunction—Holds Extinction-Level Threat to Listed Species Is Not Required under the ESA265
National Wildlife Federation v. National Marine Fisheries Service, 886 F.3d 803 (9th Cir. 2018).
District Court:
District Court Strikes Down Challenge to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act Enforcement of Effluent Limitations267
Clean Water Action v. Pruitt, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 17-0817 (DLF) (D. D.C. Apr. 18, 2018).
District Court Finds California Law Precludes Recovery for Future Remediation Costs in Soil and Groundwater Contamination Case268
Greenfield MHP Associates, L.P. v. Ametek, Inc., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 15-cv-1525 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 16, 2018).
