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California Water Views - 2024 Outlook

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Water Agencies Beware Before Proceeding with Forced Municipalization - California’s state water system serves roughly 40 million people and irrigates nearly 10 million acres of farmland. The 2023 water year was ranked as...more

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Clean Energy Developers Beware! EPA will prosecute you for runoff from your solar farm sites.

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EPA issued a press release yesterday that caught my eye and if you're in the business of building things, including solar projects, it is worthy of your attention too. The press release announces a settlement between a solar...more

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MassDEP Proposes Updates to Stormwater Management Standards

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In addition to amending the Wetlands Protection Regulations to add performance standards for the Land Subject to Coastal Storm Flowage wetland resource area, MassDEP wants to update the Massachusetts Stormwater Management...more

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The Basics of Stormwater Permitting in Massachusetts

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After a summer of historic rainfall and flooding in Massachusetts, stormwater is on our minds. Stormwater is a major source of water pollution in the Commonwealth, and it is crucial that owners and operators of commercial and...more

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Arkansas Water Plan: Governor Sanders' Executive Order Requesting Comprehensive Analysis/Update

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued an Executive Order (“EO”) requesting that the Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Division (“NRD”) undertake: A comprehensive analysis/report of the State’s water...more

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Does EPA Have Authority to Include Narrative Criteria in NPDES Permits? Yes, For Now.

Earlier this week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed EPA’s NPDES permit issued to San Francisco’s Oceanside sewer system. San Francisco had challenged the permit on the ground that EPA does not have authority to...more

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Water Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Fayette County Sand & Gravel Mining Facility Enter into...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and West Alabama Sand and Gravel, Inc. (“West Alabama”) entered into a December 7th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of regulations addressing...more

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Arkansas Environmental Service Firms: Alliance Technical Group Acquires GBMc & Associates

Alliance Technical Group, LLC, (“ATG”) issued a December 6th news release stating that it had acquired GBMc & Associates (“GBMc”). ATG states that the acquisition was backed by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley...more

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EIR for Water Ditch to Pipeline Conversion Adequately Described Project and Analyzed Impacts to Resources

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The EIR for a water ditch to underground pipeline conversion project withstood challenges to the project description and impacts analysis. The Third Appellate District held that the project description sufficiently disclosed...more

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Podcast: Southern California Steelhead Trout: Potential Endangered Species Listing Opening Up a Big Can of Worms

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Notwithstanding its protected status as a listed species under the federal Endangered Species Act, the Southern California steelhead population is proposed for listing under the California Endangered Species Act. During a...more

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Water Reuse in the West: Western States Water Council Report

The Western States Water Council issued a June 2021 report titled: Water Reuse in the West – Western State Water Reuse Governance and Programs (“Report”) The Report was compiled by Jessica Reimer and Michelle...more

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Latest California State Water Board Investigative Order for PFAS Targets Bulk Fuel Storage Terminals and Refineries

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Last week, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) officially released an order (the Order) to investigate and sample for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at over 160 bulk fuel storage...more

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Proposed “California Clean Water Act” (AB 377) Would Restrict Ability to Secure Schedules of Compliance in Water Quality Permits...

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AB 377, entitled the “California Clean Water Act,” introduced by Assemblymember Rivas in February 2021, includes provisions to eliminate all “impaired waterways” and make all waters in California suitable for drinking,...more

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State Water Board Staff Releases Staff Preliminary Draft Statewide Construction Stormwater General Permit and Announces Virtual...

On November 30, 2020, State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) staff released a preliminary staff draft of the Statewide Construction Stormwater General Permit (Preliminary Draft General Permit).  In...more

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Water Quality Buffer/Stormwater: Tennessee Appellate Court Reviews Denial of Variance Request

The Tennessee Court of Appeals (“Court”) addressed in a April 4th Opinion a question involving stormwater issue regulations that utilize water quality buffers. See Precision Homes, INC. v. The Metropolitan Government of...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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Water/Stormwater Recycling: Minnesota Twins Pitch Sustainability at Target Field

The blog Stormwater Report references what the Minnesota Twins have described as the installation of a “Living Wall” system for Target Field. The system described as a further commitment to sustainability because it will...more

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America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018: United States Senate Passes S.3021

The United States Senate on October 19th passed the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (“S.3021”). The comprehensive water infrastructure legislation now moves to President Trump for execution....more

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2018 EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference: August 19-23

The 20th Annual EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference (“Conference”) will be held on August 19th-23rd in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The states encompassed by EPA Region 6 include Arkansas....more

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U.S. EPA Region 9 Enforcement Priorities Revealed

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Ever since President Trump took office in January 2017, several questions have arisen within the environmental community regarding how his administration will change the legal and enforcement priorities of the United States...more

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Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure

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On February 12, 2018, the White House unveiled its 55-page proposal for infrastructure investment, the Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure. The sweeping proposal seeks to inject funding into several key areas...more

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Harbor Stormwater/SPCC Compliance Training Seminar: January 23 – Little Rock, Arkansas

The environmental consulting firm Harbor will be holding its annual Industrial Stormwater and Clean Water Act Spill Control and Countermeasure (“SPCC”) Compliance Training Seminar (“Seminar”) on January 23rd....more

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Limited Time Remaining To Help Shape Maryland's Nutrient Trading Program

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There are only a few weeks left for the public to comment on the Maryland Department of the Environment’s (MDE) recently issued draft regulations establishing Maryland’s Water Quality Nutrient and Sediment Trading and Offset...more

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[Webinar] Come Rain or Come Shine, Conservation is a California Way of Life - February 23rd, 1:00pm PST

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Join Nossaman attorneys for a timely discussion of the impacts of record-setting winter storms on the statewide drought emergency and on the push to make conservation a “California Way of Life.” This webinar for CLE credit*...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - August 2016 #4

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Environmental and Policy Focus - Lawmakers and Governor Brown claim major victory on climate change bills - Sacramento Bee - Aug 24 - California lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a pair of bills to sustain the...more

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