Eastern Water Law & Policy Reporter

FEATURE ARTICLE

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EASTERN WATER NEWS

News from the West165

REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

Council on Environmental Quality Publishes Final Rule Updating NEPA’s Implementing Regulations170

FERC Order Requires PacifiCorp to Remain on for Klamath Dam

Removals172

PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS

Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions174

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

Federal:

EPA’s Ranking of Hazardous Waste Site for Inclusion on National Priorities List Survives Challenge in the D.C. Circuit179

Meritor, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 966 F.3d 864 (D.C. Cir. 2020).

District Court Finds NRDC Lacks Standing to Sue over EPAs Delay in Emergency Rulemaking on Monitoring and Reporting181

National Resources Defense Council v. Bodine, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 20 CIV. 3058 (CM) (S.D. N.Y. July 8, 2020).

Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Dismissed by the District Court as Time-Barred and Procedurally Deficient183

South Side Quarry, LLC v. Metropolitan Sewer District, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 3:18-CV-706-DJH-RSE (W.D. Ky. July 14, 2020).

District Court Dismisses Clean Water Act for Pre-Suit Notice Deficiency and Conclusory Statements in Complaint184

Stevens v. St. Tammany Parish Government, et al, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 20-928 (E.D. La. July 23, 2020).