CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS
Federal Government Announces More Funding for Western Infrastructure Projects47
Surface and Groundwater Users on the Eastern Snake River Plain Enter into New Settlement Agreement and Mitigation Plan49
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Finalizes Recommended Aquatic Life Criteria and Benchmarks for PFAS51
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Issues Incidental Take Permit for Long-Term Operations of the State Water Project52
State Water Board to Hold Implementation Workshops for Newly Released Draft Bay-Delta Plan Update54
Delta Conveyance Project’s Pending Appeals for DWR’s Consistency Determination for Geotechnical Activities55
California Office of Administrative Law Approves ‘Making Conservation a Way of Life’ Regulations57
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
D.C. Circuit Finds Council on Environmental Quality Lacks Authority to Issue Regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act59
Marin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation Administration, ___F.4th___, Case No. 23-1067 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 12, 2024).
District Court:
U.S. District Court Finds that Fluoridation of Water Poses an Unreasonable Risk to Health.62
Food & Water Watch, Inc., et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 17-cv-02162-EMC (N.D. Cal. Sept. 24, 2024).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Third District Court Affirms County Right-Of-Way Related to Levee Project Access Area to Determine Substantial Impairment64
Campagna, et al., v. Delta Farms Reclamation District No. 2029, Unpub., Case No. C097628 (3rd Dist. Nov. 4, 2024).
