Western Water Law & Policy Reporter

FEATURE ARTICLE

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REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Raising of Anderson Ranch Dam on the Boise

River286

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order Requires PacifiCorp to Remain on for Klamath Dam Removals287

Council on Environmental Quality Publishes Final Rule Updating NEPA’s Implementing Regulations289

Rio Grande Compact Commissioners Grant Emergency Permission under the Rio Grande Compact to Release Stored Water in New Mexico’s El Vado Reservoir290

Colorado Division of Water Resources Issues 2020 Water Rights Abandonment List292

PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS

Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions295

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

State:

Utah Supreme Court Distinguishes Water Right Impairment from Interference—Finds Claimant Need Not Make Administrative Phase Protest of Change Application to Later Raise Interference Argu-

ment300

Rocky Ford Irrigation Company v. Kents Lake Reservoir Company, 2020 UT 47 (UT July 13, 2020).

Washington Supreme Court Overturns the Court of Appeals on the Instream Flow Rule—Reinstates Summer Instream Flows303

Center for Environmental Law & Policy, et al., v. State of Washington, Department of Ecology, Case No. 97684-8 (August 6, 2020), on review of Center for Environmental Law & Policy, American Whitewater, and Sierra Club v State of Washington, Dept of Ecology, 444 P.3d 622 (Wash.App., Div. II, 2019).