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CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Kern Groundwater Storage Project Receives Additional Funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation181
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
California Assembly Bill Would Add Tribal Water Uses as ‘Waters of the State’ that May be Protected as ‘Beneficial Uses’182
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
California DWR Releases Water Plan Update Looking to the Future of Water Resource Management184
California State Water Board Extends Deadline to Protest Change Petition for DWR’s Delta Tunnel Project185
California State Board Hosts Workshop on Revised Draft Proposed Regulation for ‘Making Conservation a California Way of Life’187
Tulare Lake Subbasin: SGMA’s First Basin Placed in Probation188
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
District Court:
District Court Holds Florida Loses Clean Water Act Section 404 Dredge and Fill Permit Authority190
Center for Biological Diversity v. Regan, et al., ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 26823; (D. D.C., Feb 15, 2024).
District Court Issues Consent Decree Between Los Angeles Waterkeeper and Steel Company over Alleged Federal Clean Water Act Violations192
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Tell Steel, Inc., ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. CV 23-8720-GW-PVCx (C.D. Cal. Mar. 27, 2024).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
Sacramento County Superior Court Rules in Favor of the State Water Board’s Substitute Environmental Document for Phase I of the Bay-Delta Plan. . . . 194
State Water Board Case Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings, Case No. 5013 (Sac Super. Ct, Mar. 15, 2024).
