Western Water Law & Policy Reporter
May 2013
Volume 17, Number 7
May 2013
FEATURE ARTICLE
U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads Fall Outside Permit Requirements by Meline G. MacCurdy, Esq., Marten Law, Portland, Oregon191
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Summary Update of Water Related Bills in the Nevada Legislature196
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Update on Arizona’s Reallocation of Non-Indian Agricultural Water198
Federal and California State Agencies Release Draft Chapters of Bay Delta Conservation Plan200
Clean Water Act NPDES Program Jurisdiction Extends to Recreational Mining Activities in Idaho201
New Mexico’s Carlsbad Irrigation District Urges Priority Call on Pecos River203
Oregon Water Resources Department Completes Klamath River Basin Adjudication206
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
District Court Grants Government Partial Remand Extension to Complete Biological Opinions for California’s Central Valley and State Water
Projects208
Consolidated Delta Smelt Cases, Case No. 1:09-cv-00407-LJO-BAM (E.D. Cal. April 9, 2013); Consolidated Salmonid Cases, Case No. 1:09-cv-01053-LJO-BAM (E.D. Cal. April 9, 2013).
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Eighth Circuit Finds EPA Wastewater Rules in Guidance Letters Exceed Statutory Authority and Violate Agency Rulemaking Procedure210
League of Iowa Cities v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___, Case No. 11-3412 (8th Cir. Mar. 25, 2013).
Federal Court Jury Finds State Farm Liable under Federal False Claims Act for Claims Submitted to the National Flood Insurance Program212
Rigsby v. State Farm, Case No. 1:06-CV-433-HSO-RHW (SD Miss. April 8, 2013).
State:
California Court of Appeal Concludes City May Construct Sewer Line in Unincorporated County Territory without County Permission214
County of Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles, 214 Cal.App.4th 643 (Cal.App. 2013).
Texas High Court Revives Developer’s Floodplain Project Suit216
Kopplow Development, Inc. v. The City of San Antonio, 56 Tex.Sup.J. 354 (Tx. Mar. 8, 2013).