Western Water Law & Policy Reporter
October 2022
Volume 26, Number 11
October 2022
FEATURE ARTICLE
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Major Questions Doctrine Prohibits Broad Delegation of Congressional Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Systems by Deborah Quick, Esq. and Lucille Flinchbaugh, Esq., Perkins Coie, LLP, San Francisco, California279
WESTERN WATER NEWS
Governor Newsom Release California’s Water Supply Strategy284
Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty—What’s to Come?285
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
2022 Colorado Legislative Update288
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Updates to Drinking Water Health Advisories for ‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAS291
Reversal of Critical Habitat Exclusion Regulation under Endangered Species Act Becomes Final293
Idaho Department of Water Resources Determines that the Groundwater Appropriators Breached Conjunctive Management-Based Settlement Agreement with the Surface Water Coalition294
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties, and Sanctions296
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Ninth Circuit Limits Waivers of Clean Water Act Section 401 Certifications299
California State Water Resources Control Board v. FERC, 43 F.4th 920 (9th Cir. 2022).
Ninth Circuit Finds Failure to Join Klamath Tribes in Suit against the Bureau of Reclamation Fatal to Law Suit301
Klamath Irrigation District v. United States Bureau of Reclamation, ___F.4th___, Case No. 20-36009 (9th Cir. 2022).