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Climate Change Law & Policy Reporter

June 2022

Volume 2, Number 9 June 2022

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).