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On April 2, 2024, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released the California Water Plan Update 2023 (CWP 2023 Update). DWR’s press release dubs the plan “A Roadmap to Water Management and Infrastructure for a...more
State and federal officials move forward plans and policies for water conservation, conveyance, and climate resilience. The winter of 2022-23 brought historic levels of precipitation to California after years of deep...more
Last month, environmental and natural resources law practitioners, including members of the Brownstein team, gathered outside Yosemite National Park for the annual Yosemite Environmental Law Conference. The conference...more
California courts have long recognized the state’s duty to protect its tidelands, navigable waterways, and submerged lands (i.e., the land below the high tideline) under the common law public trust doctrine. However,...more
Last week, leaders from a range of industries convened for two days in Los Angeles for Brownstein and WestWater’s inaugural Sustainable Water Investment Summit....more
A promising long-term carbon storage solution could become more viable as the federal government and several states look to speed up the Class VI injection well permitting process. The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the...more
A recent article in Law360 by Bill Wichert, (“Hexcel Faces Pollution Suit Over NJ Manufacturing Site” (April 4, 2022) highlights the role that environmental justice plays in claims for natural resource damages (NRDs) filed by...more
In a landmark ruling signaling a new lens with which to view the treatment of interstate water allocation, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on November 22 in Mississippi v. Tennessee, et al., 595 U.S. ___ (Case No....more
Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided the County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund case in April 2020, the legal landscape of "navigable waters of the U.S." has eroded quickly. With Maui, the Supreme Court created a test for...more
Panel discussion takeaways on the intersection of environmental justice, groundwater management and how to better include diverse stakeholders in natural resource issues. On March 24, 2021, the Groundwater Resources...more
The Arizona’s First Regular Session of the 55th Legislature has been moving along at a pretty fast and steady pace. A total of 40 bills have already been sent to the Governor’s desk; and 32 of those have been signed into law...more
Since 2005, Leo Bearman Jr., David Bearman and Kristine Roberts have led the efforts advocating for the City of Memphis and Memphis Light Gas and Water in Mississippi v. Tennessee. At issue has been groundwater in the...more
In August 2020 we previewed four notable interstate water rights cases that would soon be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case of Mississippi v. Tennessee is now one step closer to a decision. On 5 November, 2020, the...more
On October 13, 2020, North Carolina, acting through its Attorney General, filed suit in state court against DuPont, Chemours and related companies seeking costs to investigate, assess, remediate, restore and remedy PFAS...more
As climate change accelerates, clashes between states over water rights are heating up due to this resulting strained resource. The only court with authority to adjudicate these interstate disputes is the U.S. Supreme Court....more
Welcome to the Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP Environmental Update; a monthly publication dedicated to providing content regarding Ohio administrative and regulatory law, as well as up to date information on the Ohio EPA's...more
OHIO EPA RULEMAKINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS - Air - Availability of Draft Amended Rules for Comment - OAC Chapter 3745-110 - Nitrogen Oxides - Reasonably Available Control Technology Regulations: The Ohio Environmental...more
The March Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) publication Arkansas Water Currents published an article titled: Researchers Quantify Groundwater Availability in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (“Article”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a November 9th news release the release of a draft white paper (“Paper”) which addresses New Mexico and federal regulatory management of produced water. ...more
Best Best & Krieger LLP, representing the City of Paso Robles, successfully defended the City in a jury trial that found the water suppliers had acquired prescriptive groundwater rights to the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin...more
New Jersey state officials are putting businesses on notice that Natural Resource Damage (“NRD”) lawsuits and other enforcement actions are coming down the pipeline. On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, Governor Phil Murphy’s...more
Several months ago, an earlier post in this blog described a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that recognized a federal reserved water right to groundwater [see Ninth Circuit Holds that Federal Reserved Water...more
By: Walter G. Wright Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law Download PDF The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (“ANRC”) recently issued its Strategic Plan...more
In 1980, the State of Maine, Congress, and Maine tribes entered into Settlement Acts to resolve claims that the tribes owned two-thirds of the State. In return for, among other things, federal recognition and money, the...more