FEATURE ARTICLE
The Trump Administration and the Fourth National Climate Assessment: Impacts to Water, Farming, and Species Will Be Dire by Kathryn M. Casey, Esq. and Eddy Beltran, Esq., Jackson Tidus, Irvine, California267
EASTERN WATER NEWS
President Trump Issues Memorandum Calling for Streamlined ESA and NEPA Compliance for Major Water Projects272
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations Files Climate Change Lawsuit Addressing Ocean Temperatures274
News from the West275
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions279
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
President Donald Trump Signs Bipartisan Water Resources Infrastructure Legislation281
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Tenth Circuit Follows Eighth and Ninth Circuits in Limiting Scope of Clean Water Act Alternatives Analysis283
Audubon Society of Greater Denver v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ___F.3d___, Case No. 18-1004 (10th Cir. Nov. 5, 2018).
Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenges to Master Planned Development’s EIS and Clean Water Act 404
Permit285
Friends of the Santa Clara River v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 887 F.3d 906 (9th Cir. 2018).
Third Circuit Recognizes CERCLA’s Jurisdictional Bar to Medical Monitoring Claims Related to Polluted Water Wells287
Giovanni v. United States Department of the Navy, 906 F.3d 94 (3rd Cir. 2018).
District Court:
District Court Finds Owner of Land Allegedly Contaminated with Leachate Was a Necessary Party in Clean Water Act and RCRA Citizen Suits289
PennEnvironment v. PPG Industries, Inc., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 12-342 (W.D. Penn. Oct. 26, 2018).
