WATER NEWS
Biden Administration Invests $50 Million In California Water Storage Projects as Part of Larger Investment in Western Water Security151
PFAS Manufacturers Preliminarily Settle Claims for Drinking Water Contamination152
News from the West153
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Senate Bill Aims to Repurpose Irrigated Farmlands in Western States to Reduce Water Consumption and Prepare for Droughts158
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Council on Environmental Quality’s Proposed Phase 2 Regulations Modifying the National Environmental Policy Act are Open for Comment160
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions163
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Denies Petition for Review of Environmental Protection Agency’s Rejection of San Francisco’s Wastewater Discharge Per-
mit166
City of San Francisco v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.4th___, Case No. 2170282 (9th Cir. July 31, 2023).
Fourth Circuit Affirms that Fishing Activities from a Shrimp Boat Is Not a Pollutant under the Clean Water168
North Carolina Coastal Fisheries Reform Group. v. Capt. Gaston LLC, ___F.4th___, Case No. 21-2184 (4th Cir. Aug. 7, 2023).
District Court:
District Court Dismisses Groundwater PFAS Complaint Seeking to Halt Onshore Trenching for Lack of Standing169
Mahoney v. United States Department of the Interior, ___F. Supp. 4th___ Case No. 22-CV-1305 (E.D. N.Y. July 17, 2023).
