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Resolution of the Section 401 Clean Water Act cases and the FPA pre-emption case

Resolution of the Section 401 Clean Water Act cases and the FPA pre-emption case

by Friends of the River | Aug 10, 2022

The last couple of months have offered some important victories and a win/draw in the three Section 401 cases that some California environmental groups have laid the groundwork for and litigated on. These cases were in two federal circuit courts and the California...
Court Victory for California Water Quality and Rivers – and CSPA

Court Victory for California Water Quality and Rivers – and CSPA

by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Aug 7, 2022

On August 4, 2022, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overruled the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), re-establishing California’s right to protect water quality in the Yuba, Bear, and Merced River watersheds for the next...
Court Victory for Clean Water and State Regulators in California

Court Victory for Clean Water and State Regulators in California

by Friends of the River | Aug 4, 2022

Contacts:  Melinda Booth, South Yuba River Citizens League, 650-207-0495, melinda@yubariver.org Chris Shutes, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, 510-421-2405, blancapaloma@msn.com Ron Stork, Friends of the River, 916-442-3155 x220,...

Feds Undermine Clean Water Act Protections: American River Project Center Stage of National Precedent

by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Nov 12, 2019

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently ruled that California does not need to provide water quality certification for the Middle Fork American Hydroelectric Project (Middle Fork Project) in Placer and El Dorado counties, operated by Placer County...

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