CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Turlock Irrigation District Launches Aquifer Recharge Project as Winter Storms Batter California105
Golden State Wind Secures Lease for Offshore Floating Wind Farm Along California’s Central Coast106
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Biden Administration Finalizes Part 1 of New ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule108
Department of the Interior Announces $85 Million for Western Drought Resilience Projects110
California Department of Water Resources Expands Access to Groundwater Accounting Database112
State Water Resources Control Board Extends Emergency Water Conservation Regulations113
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
California Tribes and Environmental Organizations File Civil Rights Complaint and Petition for Rulemaking with EPA for Bay-Delta Water Quality Stan-dards115
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RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
D.C. Circuit Vacates Hydroelectric Dam License Over Deficiencies with the Clean Water Act Water Quality Certification119
Waterkeepers Chesapeake v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 56 F.4th 45 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 20, 2022).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Fifth District Court Upholds Ruling that Plaintiffs Were Unlikely to Establish that Zoom® Limitation on Number of Participants Was a Violation of the Brown Act121
Padilla v. City of McFarland, Unpub., Case No. F082320 (5th Dist. Dec. 9, 2022).
