FEATURE ARTICLE
California State and Regional Water Boards Expand their Land Use Entitlement Authority under the State and Federal Water Quality Acts by Michele A. Staples, Craig K. Beam and Jonathan E. Shardlow, Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh, California67
WESTERN WATER NEWS
American Society of Civil Engineers Commissioned Report Paints Bleak Economic Outlook of Aging U.S. Water Infrastructure73
State Delta Stewardship Council Issues Draft Environmental Impact Report on the California Delta Plan75
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Update of Water-Related Legislative Developments in Colorado77
Utah Legislature to Propose Curative Legislation to Address Two Recent State Supreme Court Decisions79
FLOOD CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS
Flood Control Management and Liability Update81
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Responds to New Mexico’s Suit Seeking Declaratory and Injunctive Relief over Accounting of Rio Grande Compact Credit Water in Elephant Butte Reservoir83
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Ninth Circuit Finds Fish and Wildlife Service’s ESA Delisting of Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Population Was Not Lawfully Supported85
Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. Servheen, ___F.3d___, Case Nos 09-36100, 10-35043, 10-35052, 10-35054 (9th Cir. Nov. 22, 2011).
Third Circuit Finds Wetlands Fall within the CWA’s Jurisdiction if They Meet Either the ‘Plurality’ or ‘Significant Nexus’ Test under Rapanos87
U.S. v. Donovan, ___F.3d___, Case No. 10-4295 (3rd Cir. Oct. 21, 2011).
District Court Holds It’s an Issue of Fact whether a Gravel and Sand Yard Constitutes an ‘Industrial Facility’ Warranting Clean Water Act NPDES Permit Compliance89
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. Shamrock Materials, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. C11-2565 MEJ (N.D. Cal. Nov. 2, 2011).
District Court Determines that Notice Requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Clean Water Act Are a Low Hurdle91
Northern California River Watch v. Honeywell Aero, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. C 11-03723 WHA (N.D. Cal. Nov. 14, 2011).
District Court Grants City’s Motion to Dismiss Case Arising from Stormwater Overflow on to Plaintiffs’ Property93
Van Zanten v. City of Olympia, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. C10–5216–JCC (W.D. Wash. Nov. 2, 2011).
