WESTERN WATER NEWS
President Trump Reverses Obama-Era Ocean Policies via New Executive Order243
Colorado Western Slope, Front Range Users Moving Closer to Settlement of Pivotal Water Rights Case244
Oregon Takes Steps to Regulate Toxic Algae in Drinking Water246
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Nevada State Engineer Issues New Curtailment and Limiting Orders Impacting Extractions for Groundwater Basins249
Washington State Department of Ecology Issues Interim Guidance on ‘Net Ecological Benefit’ for Water Resource Mitigation250
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Legislation Introduced in Congress to Bar Judicial Review of California Waterfix—The Next Chapter in the Long Battle to Save the Delta and State Water Project253
Arizona Legislative Water Efforts in the Face of Unending Drought255
California Voters Approve Tax Exclusion for Rainwater Capture Sys-
tems257
LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING
New Mexico Files Counterclaims against Texas in Texas v. New Mexico Interstate Compact Litigation259
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Second Circuit Finds State Law Claims Seeking Recovery for Contamination Released during Water Pollution Superfund Cleanup Are Preempted under CERCLA262
Bartlett et. al. v. Honeywell International Inc., ___F.3d___, Case No. 17-1907-CV (2nd Cir. May 25, 2018).
Fourth Circuit Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by Plaintiff for Local Dispute Alleging Clean Water Act Violations264
Schneider v. Donaldson Funeral Home and Howard County, Unpublished, Case No. 17-1183 (4th Cir. May 9, 2018).
Eighth Circuit Treats Hydrologically-Connected Water Bodies as Separate for Purposes of Clean Water Act Permitting Transportation Facilities266
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 888 F.3d 906 (8th Cir. 2018).
RECENT STATE DECISIONS
Washington Supreme Court Exempts Department of Natural Resources from Liability under State Cleanup Law268
Pope Resources LP, et al. v. Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Case No. 94084-3 (Wash. May 24, 2018).
