• News & Updates

EPA ANNOUNCES FINAL CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION IMPROVEMENT RULE

• Bridget McDonald

• September 29, 2023

• Blog

EPA PUBLISHES REVISED DEFINITION OF “WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES” IN RESPONSE TO SCOTUS’ SACKETT DECISION.

• Bridget McDonald

• September 1, 2023

• Blog

U.S. SUPREME COURT LIMITS FEDERAL PERMITTING JURISDICTION UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT, HOLDING THAT ONLY WETLANDS WITH A SURFACE CONNECTION TO INTERSTATE NAVIGABLE WATERS CONSTITUTE “WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.”

• Bridget McDonald

• August 23, 2023

• Blog

SECOND DISTRICT FINDS QUANTIFICATION OF EXISTING WATER RIGHTS NOT REQUIRED UNDER CEQA FOR WATER DIVERSION AND STORAGE PROJECT

• Bridget McDonald

• March 30, 2022

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SECOND DISTRICT FINDS 90-DAY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS APPLIES TO LAWSUIT ALLEGING CITY FAILED TO OBTAIN COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PRIOR TO ADOPTING SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE

• Bridget McDonald

• March 19, 2022

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THIRD DISTRICT PARTIALLY AFFIRMS JUDGMENTS SETTING ASIDE EIR FOR SPECIFIC PLAN LAND SWAP IN EASTERN PLACER COUNTY

• Bridget McDonald

• March 1, 2022

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FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH SPECIFIC PLAN AREA IS EXEMPT FROM FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

• Bridget McDonald

• February 25, 2022

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The Future of Wetlands and Waters of the United States: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review of Sackett v. EPA

• Bridget McDonald

• February 24, 2022

• Blog

FOURTH DISTRICT HOLDS CITY OF PALM SPRINGS’ SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH ZONING CODE

• Bridget McDonald

• January 20, 2022

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First District Holds that Deficiencies in Notice Did Not Excuse CEQA Litigants from Exhausting Available Administrative Remedies

• Bridget McDonald

• April 15, 2021

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Sixth District Holds City’s Failure to Send Notice of Determination Did Not Excuse Plaintiff’s Failure to Name Indispensable Party Within Limitations Period

• Bridget McDonald

• April 15, 2021

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First District Holds Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Failure to Impose Mitigation Requirements Through CEQA Process Did Not Preclude it from Later Imposing Those Requirements Pursuant to Its Authority Under the Porter-Cologne Act

• Bridget McDonald

• February 12, 2021

• Blog

Fourth District Holds that Agencies May Not Destroy, But Rather Must Retain All Writings Required by CEQA’s Administrative Record Statute.

• Bridget McDonald

• August 7, 2020

• Blog

City of San Diego Appropriately Relied on CEQA’s In-Fill Exemption in Approving Residential Development, Although Project Less Dense than Typically Required by the general plan, Fourth District Holds

• Bridget McDonald

• April 14, 2020

• Blog

Fifth District Court of Appeal Upholds Air Pollution Control District As Proper Lead Agency, Finds Permit Requirements Provide Substantial Evidence For EIR Emissions Estimates, And Holds EIR Lacked “Reasoned Analysis” For Rejecting Additional Mitigation Measures

• Bridget McDonald

• January 13, 2020