WATER NEWS
New MOU for Columbia River Basin Salmon Recovery Efforts—Proposes to Stay Long Term Litigation until 2028245
News from the West247
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Colorado General Assembly Drought Task Force Report252
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Announces Proposed Rule for Federal Water Quality Stand-
ards254
EPA Proposes Regulation Which Would Revise Wastewater Discharge Standards for Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities255
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions256
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Rejects Clean Water Act’s Direct-Discharge Theory as Applied to Holding Ponds258
Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Edwards, ___F.4th___, Case No. 22-36015 (9th Cir. Nov. 21, 2023).
Ninth Circuit Affirms Requirement for Dredge Miner to Obtain a Clean Water Act NPDES Permit259
Idaho Conservation League v. Shannon Poe, ___F.4th___, Case No. 22-35978 (9th Cir. Nov, 20, 2023).
