Western Water Law & Policy Reporter
April 2017
Volume 21, Number 6
April 2017
FEATURE ARTICLE
Let’s Get Physical—Water Rights, Takings, and the Endangered Species Act by Austin Cho, Esq., Downey Brand, LLP, Sacramento, California155
WESTERN WATER NEWS
President Trump’s Executive Order Seeks Revision Limiting Scope of ‘Waters of the United States’ under the Clean Water Act161
Turning Wastewater into Beer: Arizona’s Idea to Encourage Potable
Reuse163
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Idaho Legislative Update165
Oregon Considers Legislation Targeting Stormwater Discharge167
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Releases Partial Initial 2017 Central Valley Project Water Supply Allocation, Sparking Mixed Reactions from Contractors169
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
Interstate Compact Litigation Update: Special Master’s First Interim Report Ordered to Be Filed Recommending U.S. Supreme Court Deny New Mexico’s Motion to Dismiss171
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Ninth Circuit Extends Winters Doctrine to
Include Groundwater in Federal Reserved Water Rights173
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Coachella Valley Water District, ___F.3d___, Case No. 15-55896 (9th Cir. Mar. 7, 2017).
D.C. Circuit Finds It Lacks Jurisdiction to Review EPA’s Decision to Not Follow Eighth Circuit Clean Water Act Precedent174
Center for Regulatory Reasonableness v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 14-1150 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 28, 2017).
Ninth Circuit Confirms Bureau of Reclamation Has Broad Authority to Release Water from Trinity River for Downstream Fish Benefits176
San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Haugrud, ___F.3d___, Case No. 14-17493 (9th Cir. Feb. 21, 2017).
District Court Affirms State Court Determination—Finds Plaintiff Cannot Use CERCLA as a Shield to Block a State Cleanup Plan178
Atlantic Richfield Company v. Christian, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 15-83-BU-BMM (D. Mt. Feb. 15, 2017).
District Court Rejects City’s Challenge to Clean Water Act TMDL for Lack of Standing and Ripeness180
City of Kennett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 1:14-CV-33-SNLJ (E.D. Mo. Feb. 28, 2017).
State:
Washington Supreme Court Denies Review of Enloe Dam Water Right182
Center for Environmental Law and Policy, et al. v. Washington Department of Ecology, et al., 196 Wn.App. 360, 383 P.3d 608 (2016).
