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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 17, 2020, the Sacramento County Superior Court substantially limited the scope of waters to which the State Procedures for Discharges of Dredged and Fill Material (“Procedures”) apply through its decision in San Joaquin Tributaries Authority v. State Water Resources Control Board (Case No. 34-2019-80003133). According to the Court, the State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board”) exceeded its policy-making and water quality control plan development authority, resulting in the restriction of the Proc...

California Water Commission Accepting Info For Water Storage Projects The California Water Commission (Commission) is accepting screening information for water storage projects that provide Proposition 1, Chapter 8 public benefits in the Water Storage Investment Program. This process does not involve any immediate funding. If the Commission finds a project is feasible, the project would be included in a pool of projects for the Commission’s consideration if funding becomes available. The Commission would also need to decide to proceed with a rulemaking process and another solicitation i...

In an opinion filed on December 29, 2020, the First Appellate District in Santa Clara Valley Water District v. San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board upheld a Responsible Agency’s imposition of additional mitigation more than a year after it had issued an initial approval for the project.  Although the court was careful to say that it was addressing “unique circumstances” that would “seldom arise,” the decision is potentially problematic for project proponents, and especially for public agencies trying to pursue necessary public-infrastructure projects. In January ...

With Lake Baikal’s Key Protections Set to Expire, Russian Eco-Activists Sound the Alarm Environmental experts and activists say upcoming deregulation could do significant harm to the lake's unique ecosystem. Dec. 21, 2020 Located in southeast Siberia, Lake Baikal is the world’s deepest and oldest lake as well as the world’s largest lake by volume, containing about 20% of the world’s unfrozen freshwater reserve. Wikicommons On Jan. 1, the Russian government is set to significantly reel back important environmental regu...

02.12.2020 15:12 7620 Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea is being introduced into the legislation of Kazakhstan. Members of the Kazakh Mazhilis approved amendments in the first reading. Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi noted that the convention signed two years ago and ratified last year by presidents of five Caspian states is the result of a long and complex negotiation process that lasted more than 20 years. Thus, the countries of the Caspian coast reached an agreement on different regimes of dividing the water area by ter...