CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Governor Newsom’s Drought Executive Order Aims to Increase Regional Water Conservation Efforts183
State and Federal Water Users Take Step Toward Voluntary Agreements for Bay-Delta Plan Update184
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
California Assembly Bill Puts Pressure on State Water Resources Control Board to Complete the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Up-
date187
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
California State Water Resources Control Board Approves Temporary Urgency Change Petition for State Water Project and Central Valley Pro-
ject189
California State Water Resources Control Board Warns Surface Water Rights Holders to Expect Curtailments190
California State Water Resources Control Board Announces New Proposed Standard for Hexavalent Chromium192
California Department of Water Resources Releases $29.8 Million in Funding for Friant-Kern Canal Repair Project193
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Environmental Interest Groups Challenge Groundwater Sustainability Plans for the Butte, Colusa, and Vina Subbasins195
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
District Court:
District Court Rejects Preliminary Injunction against Hydroelectric Dams under the Federal Endangered Species Act197
Atlantic Salmon Federation U.S., et al. v. Merimil Limited Partnership, et al., ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 21-CV-00257-JDL (D. Me. Feb. 24, 2022).
District Court Finds CWA’s Partial Waiver of Sovereign Immunity Did Not Impliedly Repeal Federal Court’s Jurisdiction over Enforcement
Actions199
United States v. Bayley, ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 3:20-cv-05867-DGE (W.D. Wash. Mar. 14, 2022).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Court of Appeal:
Third District Court Upholds EIR for El Dorado Irrigation District’s ‘Upper Main Ditch’ Water Transmission Pipeline Project201
Save the El Dorado Canal v. El Dorado Irrigation District, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. C092086 (3rd Dist. Feb. 16, 2022).
