FEATURE ARTICLE
Science Advisory Board Recommends Overhaul of EPA Nutrient Criteria Guidance by Jennifer Abdella, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington,
D.C.219
WESTERN WATER NEWS
Monterey County, California Approves Regional Desalination Plant, Awaits Final Decision By Public Utilities Commission224
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Six West Coast Senators Propose Ban on Pacific Offshore Oil Drilling226
A Move Toward the Statewide Management of Groundwater Resources—California’s LAO’s 2010 Report and SB 6X7227
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
California State Water Resources Control Board to Hold Hearing on Truckee River Change Petitions and Water Right Applications229
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Klamath Basin Adjudication Update: Klamath Tribes and Dam Owner Reach Water Right Settlement231
Texas Awaits Key State Supreme Court Ruling in Groundwater Regul-
ation233
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Ninth Circuit Denies Motion For Attorney’s Fees in Clean Water Act Suit against an Intervenor NPDES Permittee235
Friends of Pinto Creek v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 05-70785 (9th Cir. 2010).
Tenth Circuit Reverses District Court Ruling that U.S. Government May Take Rio Grande Water for the Endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow236
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, et al., ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 05-2399, 06-2020, and 06-2021 (cons) (10th Cir. April 21, 2010).
Seventh Circuit Enforces Pollution Exclusion in CGL Policy Concerning Groundwater Contamination Arising from Gasoline Leak238
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, ___F.3d___, Case No. 09-2519 (7th Cir. 2010).
Ninth Circuit Holds Groundwater Allocations May Not Interfere with Tribe’s Surface Water Rights under the Orr Ditch Decree240
U.S. v. Orr Ditch Water Co., ___F.3d___, Case No. 07-17001 (9th Cir. 2010).
State:
California Court of Appeal Upholds Salinity Standards and Dissolved Oxygen Studies in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basin242
San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority v. State Water Resources Control Board, 183 Cal.App.4th 1110 (3rd Dist. 2010).
Colorado Court of Appeals Rules that Governmental Entities Are Not Immune from Ditch Easement
Claims244
Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Co. v. Riverview Commons General Improvement District, ___P.3d___, Case No. 09CA0769 (Colo.App. April 15, 2010).
