Western Water Law & Policy Reporter

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).