Eastern Water Law & Policy Reporter
October 2018
Volume 13, Number 8
October 2018
WATER NEWS
Navigating ‘Navigable Waters:’ Recent Federal Government and Court Actions Leave the Definition of Protected Waters under the Clean Water Act in Flux207
News from the West210
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions215
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
U.S. Supreme Court Petitioned to Address Fourth Circuit’s Decision
Regarding the Clean Water Act and Groundwater Acting as a Conduit to Surface Waters219
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP v. Upstate Forever et al., Case No. 16-268 (U.S.).
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Sixth Circuit Likely to Clarify Groundwater Class Action Ruling221
Martin v Behr Dayton Thermal Prods. LLC, ___F.3d___, Case No. 17-3663 (6th Cir. 2018).
District Court Grants Motion to Dismiss Monsanto Counterclaims against the City of San Diego in Ongoing Dispute over PCB Contamination222
City of San Diego v. Monsanto Co., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 15CV578-WQH-AGS (S.D. Cal. Aug. 10, 2018).
District Court Requires EPA to Either Conduct Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting for Certain Stormwater Discharges or Prohibit Them223
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. Pruitt, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 2:17-CV-03454-SVW-KS (C.D. Cal. Aug. 9, 2018).
District Court finds Army Corps District Engineers Have Discretion to Approve Reductions in Mitigation Banks Size Established under the Clean Water Act225
Sierra Club v. St. Johns River Water Management District, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 6:14-cv-1877 (M.D. Fl. Aug. 13, 2018).
District Court Finds Res Judicata Fails to Bar Claims Challenging Approval of State Water
Quality Standards after Remanded-Agency Proceedings228
Wild Fish Conservancy v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 15-cv-1731 (W.D. Wash. Aug. 7, 2018).
