ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
California Water Suppliers Ramp up Water Conservation Requirements as the State Enters the Tough Summer Months241
Water Scarcity in the West: Idaho Municipal Water Provider Releases
Projected Water Demand Study Focusing on Future Water Supply Needs in the Boise City Metropolitan Area242
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Proposed California Bill Aims to Support Farmworkers Impacted by
Drought245
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Takes Three Major Steps Towards Regulating PFAS Compounds through the Clean Water Act NPDES Permit Program247
California State Water Resources Control Board Adopts Emergency Drought Regulations Pursuant to Executive Order248
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions250
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
First Circuit Vacates En Banc Holding to Limit the ‘Diligent Prosecution’ Bar on Citizen Suits under the Clean Water Act255
Blackstone Headwaters Coal., Inc. v. Gallo Builders, Inc., 32 F.4th 99 (1st Cir. 2022).
Ninth Circuit Rules Clean Water Act Water Quality Objectives Are Not Directly Applicable to Nonpoint Source Dischargers256
Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center v. Stanislaus National Forest, 30 F.4th 929 (9th Cir. 2022).
Sixth Circuit Finds Declaratory Judgment Sufficient to Trigger CERCLA Statute of Limitations for
Contribution Actions258
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. NCR Corporation, ___F.4th___, Case No. 18:1806 (6th Cir. Apr. 25, 2022).
Ninth Circuit Finds Forest Service Failed to Explain How Project Complied with the Roadless Area
Conservation Rule260
Los Padres ForestWatch v. U.S. Forest Service, 25 F.4th 649 (9th Cir. 2022).
RECENT STATE DECISIONS
California Court of Appeal Finds Agency Was
Required to Make CEQA Findings for Significant Effects before Issuing Wastewater Permit244
We Advocate Through Environmental Review v. City of Mt. Shasta, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. C091021 (3rd Dist. May 11, 2022).
