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Groundwater Recharge Projects Get Boost Under AB 658

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New California Law to Help Achieve SGMA Requirements - Assembly Bill 658, signed into law last week, creates new temporary diversion permits allowing for excess surface water capture during high-flow events. Permits...more

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Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require a Clean Water Act NPDES Permit?: Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Clean Water...

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) and other municipalities filed an Amicus Brief in the pending Supreme Court of the United States case styled County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, et al....more

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EPA Speaks On Groundwater Permitting Issue

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On April 15, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a much-anticipated Interpretative Statement on Releases of Pollutants from Point Sources to Groundwater. ...more

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USEPA Determines Pollutant Releases To Groundwater From Point Source Do Not Require NPDES Permit

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Seyfarth Synopsis: USEPA published an Interpretive Statement (dated April 12, 2019), that  according to the Agency “clarifies” that releases of pollutants to groundwater from a point source are “categorically excluded” from...more

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Courts Still Trying to Plug the Clean Water Act’s Holes: Meanwhile, Tanks, Pipes, Pits, and Other Leaking Facilities Remain...

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OVERVIEW - In the past year, federal circuit courts have already issued five decisions addressing the question of whether permitting obligations and other liability under the Clean Water Act (CWA) apply to leaking pits,...more

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California WaterFix: A Snapshot of the SWRCB Water Rights Change Hearings

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After five parched years, substantial winter rains and Sierra snowpack have brought California a long-sought reprieve from drought, though not without presenting a new set of challenges. In February, nearly 200,000 residents...more

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Renewable Energy Update - October 2015 #4

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Environmental and Policy Focus - Governor Brown authorizes streamlined groundwater: Allen Matkins - Oct 13: On Friday, October 9, 2015, Governor Brown signed a suite of bills that has the potential to significantly...more

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