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New California Legislation on Water Issues

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The 2024 legislative session ended on August 31, meaning the legislature passed all bills for this year. All of the bills are currently with Governor Newsom. He has until September 30 to sign or veto any bills. Any bills not...more

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Underground Storage Tank/Groundwater Contamination: Negligence/Trespass/Nuisance Action Filed in Pulaski County, Arkansas Circuit...

Larry and Barbara Ann Morris (“Morris”) filed a Complaint in the Pulaski County, Arkansas Circuit Court on August 22nd alleging groundwater contamination pertaining to fuel related to a North Little Rock, Arkansas retail...more

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Contaminants Compass: September 2024 Edition

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“Contaminants Compass” is a monthly newsletter that provides updates, legal observations and actionable tips to navigate the evolving legal challenges of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This edition discusses how...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 8.30.24

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A California Superior Court judge ruled last week that Sonoma County must do more to ensure responsible groundwater pumping under the state’s Public Trust Doctrine, which holds that rivers, creeks, and other waterways are...more

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RCRA/11th Amendment: Federal Court Addresses Immunity of Two California Officials

A United States District Court (E.D. California) (“Court”) addressed in a July 31st Order a federal question jurisdiction issue arising out of a Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) judicial action. See...more

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Texas Supreme Court Ruling Limits Governmental Immunity in Contract Disputes

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On April 12, 2024, the Texas Supreme Court handed down two decisions clarifying its interpretation of governmental immunity and waiver under Section 271.152 of the Texas Local Government Code. Governmental units, including...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 8.02.24

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Climate change threatens to dramatically shrink the amount of water California can deliver over the next 20 years and could significantly reduce supplies available from the State Water Project according to new projections...more

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A Shock to the System: Potential Ramifications of the Electric Energy Coal Ash Decision and Insurance Recovery

In what was likely a shock to coal-fired electric utilities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held on June 28, 2024, that proposed decisions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in January...more

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Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Environment California Files Judicial Action Against Port of Los Angeles

Environment California (“EC”) filed a July 23rd United States District Court (Central District of California) Clean Water Act citizen suit action against the Port of Los Angeles (“Port”) for alleged violations. See case No....more

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The Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Saga Continues: FWS Lists the Species as Endangered, Draws Congressional Response

On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The listing does not include a designation of critical habitat....more

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Special Water Supply Edition: California Environmental Law & Policy Update 7.19.24

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A judge has temporarily blocked a plan by a California state water board to take over monitoring groundwater use in a portion of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley, according to a copy of the decision obtained on July 16. Kings...more

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The Three G’s: Geology, Groundwater, and Geometry in Origin & Cause Analyses

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Geotechnical practitioners are often focused on the “Three G’s”—namely geology, groundwater, and geometry. The interconnectedness of the Three G’s is responsible for fundamental aspects of the Earth’s composition and...more

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Current/Long-Term U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Related Rulemakings: Association of Clean Water...

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) published in its current newsletter a link to described as follows: ACWA rules chart updated to reflect current and long term relevant EPA clean water related actions....more

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Electric Utilities Affected by Recent EPA Regulation May Benefit from Legacy Liability Insurance Policies

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 8, 2024 expanded the obligations of coal-fired power plants to remediate coal ash-related groundwater impacts with amendments to the federal Coal Combustion Residual (CCR)...more

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Better Communication Among Regulators and the Regulated Can Improve Outcomes for Wastewater Permittees

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As our understanding of the environment and anthropogenic impact grows, protection efforts increasingly spawn regulation. Media coverage of perceived harms to health and the environment and well-funded advocacy by...more

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SCOTUS Freezes States’ Efforts to Resolve Water Conflict

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What Happened? On June 21, 2024, the Supreme Court narrowly held that three states could not enter a consent decree to settle their interstate water dispute without the support of the intervening federal government. The...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 6.21.24

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In an order filed Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle denied a private property owner’s effort to enjoin the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers from enforcing their September 2023...more

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Endangered Species Act/Citizen Suit Action: Earthjustice Alleges U.S. Department of Interior Violations Approving Pinto Valley...

Earthjustice sent a June 11th 60-day Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) citizen suit Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the Tonto National Forest (“Forest”). The NOI alleges that Forest violated Section 7 of the ESA in its...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 5.24.24

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Republican attorneys general from 20 U.S. states sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, seeking to block new reforms to the U.S. environmental review process for major projects such as transmission lines and wind and solar...more

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SGMA at 10 Years: Navigating California’s Groundwater Future - 2024 Land Use, Environmental & Natural Resources Update

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This year marks the 10th anniversary of a major milestone in California water law history: the enactment of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in 2014. This landmark legislation signaled a critical step toward...more

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The FDA's New Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water Rule: Impacts on PFAS-Contaminated Groundwater?

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration – acting under its Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), as amended, 21 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq., to address the safety of all FMSA-covered produce other than sprouts (Covered Produce) – on...more

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Without Actual Collection of Damages, Mere CERCLA Liability Not Barred as Double Recovery, Says Ninth Circuit Ground Water Quality...

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On April 15, in Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency v. Whittaker Corp., et al., No. 22-55727, slip op., -- F.4th – (9th Cir. 2024) (SCVWA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Court of Appeals) held that in a...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 5.10.24

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday finalized tougher methane reporting standards that could increase the number of oil and gas companies that must pay fees for excess methane emissions....more

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PFAS in Groundwater: State-by-State Regulations - May 2024

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In the absence of federal cleanup standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in groundwater, several states have started the process of regulating PFAS in groundwater themselves. As a result, states have...more

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Ecology to begin Nooksack Water Adjudication in April 2024 (Updated)

Update: The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) officially kicked off the Nooksack adjudication, a legal process that will determine the priority of water rights in Whatcom County and portions of Skagit County....more

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