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January 2010: Washington State’s Supplemental Budget Portends Deep Cuts in Water Right Processing |
December 2009: District Court Finds a Responsible Party May Not Seek Contribution for Non-CERCLA Judgments— Government May Be an ‘Arranger’ for Activity that Released Hazardous Substances U.S. v. Washington State Department of Transportation, ___F.Supp.2d___ C08-5722RJB (W.D. WA. 2009) |
November 2009: U.S. EPA to Revise Rules for Wastewater Discharges from Coal-Fired Power Plants |
October 2009: Washington Attorney General Issues New Opinion on Exempt Well Limits AGO 2009 No. 6 (Sept. 21, 2009) |
October 2009: News from the West |
June 2009: Washington State Enacts New Legislation to Modernize Its Water Rights Adjudication Process |
April 2009: Climate Change and Water in Washington |
March 2009: Washington Legislature Considers Report on Downstream Water Right Transfers |
January 2009: Controversy Erupts over Groundwater Permit Exemption for Stockwatering with Washington Department of Ecology’s Notice of Exemption’s Limitations |
August 2008: News from the West |
August 2008: Washington Department of Ecology Proposes a Rule for Rainwater Harvesting |
July 2008: State Court Declares Unconstitutional Portions of Washington’s 2003 Municipal Water Law Lummi Indian Nation, et al. v. State of Washington, et al., and Joan Burlingame, et al. v. State of Washington, et al. 06-2-40103-4 and 06-2-28667-7 (King County Superior Court June 11, 2008) |
May 2008: Washington State Legislature Nibbles Away at Vehicle Miles Traveled, while Washington’s King County Adds GHG Impacts to its SEPA Checklist |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Washington |
October 2007: Center for Biological Diversity Petitions California and Eight Coastal States to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Pollution under the Clean Water Act |
July 2007: Washington Department of Ecology’s Draft ‘Enlargement’ Policy Prompts Scrutiny of State’s Approach to Water Right Changes |
June 2007: Washington Governor Issues ‘Climate Change Challenge’ Executive Order to Addresses Water Resources—Department of Ecology Gears Up |
April 2007: Ninth Circuit Upholds FWS Ruling that Western Gray Squirrels Don’t Qualify for Protection Northwest Ecosystem Alliance v. Allen 475 F.3d 1136 (9th Cir. 2007) |
February 2007: Washington Department of Ecology Issues Report on Instream Flows and Watershed Planning |
December 2006: News from the West—Protecting Salmon Salmon Spawning & Recovery Alliance v. Gutierrez, ___F.Supp.2d___ C05-1877RSM (W.D. Wash. Sept. 12, 2006) |
November 2006: Washington State Attorney General Supports Ecology’s Discretion to Review Water Conservancy Board Decisions |
August 2006: Washington Department of Ecology Issues Policy Statement Clarifying Department’s Position on 2003 Municipal Water Right Legislation |
June 2006: Washington State Legislature Provides New Encouragement for Reclaimed Wastewater |
March 2006: Washington: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking |
January 2006: Washington State Department of Ecology Revises Policy on Water Right Transfers |
November 2005: Latest Chapter in Bull Trout Critical Habitat Designation Comes to an End upon Release of a New Final Habitat Designation |
October 2005: NOAA Fisheries Reduces Critical Habitat for Salmon and Steelhead Trout |
September 2005: Washington: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection |
August 2005: Pesticide Usage along California’s Waterways: Will the Ninth Circuit’s Decision to Protect Salmon also Preserve Water Quality? Washington Toxics Coalition v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___ 04-35138 (9th Cir. June 29, 2005) |
April 2005: Drought Emergency Officially Declared in the State of Washington |
March 2005: WASHINGTON: Interstate and International Water Issues |
February 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Re-Proposes Western Snowy Plover Critical Habitat with Minimal Change for California |
January 2005: Washington Legislature Likely to Address Proposal for Water Courts |
November 2004: Washington’s Department of Ecology’s Water Resources Program Adopts Policy Guidance for Tentative Determinations on Water Rights. |
October 2004: Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board Issues Rulings—Department of Ecology Establishes Policy for Determining Water Rights in Washington |
September 2004: WASHINGTON: Enforcement of Water Quality Regulation and Penalties |
April 2004: Statewide Water Right Adjudication—Is it time for Washington to Follow Suit? |
March 2004: District Court Restricts the Use of Pesticides near Western Salmon Streams Washington Toxics Coalition, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. C01-0132C (W.D. Wash. Jan. 22, 2004) |
March 2004: Washington: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply |
February 2004: Setting Instream Flows in Washington: Governor Locke’s 2004 Legislative Agenda |
January 2004: Drought and Conjunctive Management of Groundwater and Surface Water: Lessons from New Mexico, Washington and Arizona |
December 2003: Washington’s Pollution Control Hearings Board Limits Transferability of Groundwater Rights Familigia LLC v. Washington State Dept. of Ecology PCHB No. 03-072 (Oct. 31, 2003). |
1 September 2003: Washington: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams xxx |
August 2003: 2003 Washington State Legislature’s “Seven Dwarfs”—Water Resource Bills that Didn’t Make the Front Page |
July 2003: Washington Legislature Passes Major Water Legislature in Eleventh Hour |
June 2003: Washington State Enforcement Action Deeming Water Diversion Pollution" Alarms Water Users, Energizes Legislature |
April 2003: State Decisions: Washington State Court of Appeals' Allows Commercial Uses under Groundwater Permit "Industrial" Exemption Kim v. PCHB, ___P.2d___ Case No. 27804-9-II (Wash. Ct. App. Jan. 24, 2003). |
March 2003: WASHINGTON: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse |
February 2003: Washington State Legislature Convenes; Continues Efforts at Water Law Reform |
January 2003: Washington State Establishes Water Acquisition Program, though Pollution Control Hearings Board Decision Prevents Private Parties from Holding Water Rights for Instream Flow Purposes |
December 2002: Washington State Watershed Planning Hits the Homestretch |
October 2002: Washington Supreme Court Rejects Application of a Public Interest Criteria Test in Determining Transfers of Surface Water Rights: The Sullivan Creek Decision PUD No. 1 of Pend Oreille County v. Washington Department of Ecology, 51 P.3d 744 (Wa.July 18,2002). |
June 2002: Oregon Grapples with New Rules for Municipal Water Rights |
May 2002: Washington State Supreme Court Dismisses ASARCO's Retroactivity Challenge to a State CERCLA-type Enforcement Action Asarco Incorporated v. Department of Ecology ___P.3d___, Case No. 69406-1 (Wash. March 21, |
March 2002: WASHINGTON: Clean Water Act Issues Impacting Water Supply |
November 2001: WASHINGTON: State Proposes Metering Rule for Certain Water Diversions Affecting Fish |
July 2001: Washington: State Adopts New Water Rights Legislation |
June 2001: Ninth Circuit Sets Aside City Ordinances Regulating Telecommunication Companies Finding Preemption under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 City Of Auburn Et Al. V. Qwest Corporation, ____ F.3d ____, (9th Cir. April 24, 2001). |
May 2001: Collection of Government Regulators Announce Widespread Air Emissions Reductions Settlement Agreements with Three Oil Refiners Covering Nine Polluting Refineries |
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Cedar River |
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Clark County |
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Columbia River |
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Columbia River Basisn |
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Colville National Forest |
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Duschutes River Basin |
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Grand Coulee Dam/Lake Rooseveldt |
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Green River |
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Hanford Nuclear Reservation |
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Harbor Island |
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Kalama |
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Kent |
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King County |
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Kittitas County |
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Klickitat County |
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Lacey |
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Lewis County |
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Lummi Reservation |
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Methow River |
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Moses Lake |
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Mukilteo |
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Okanogan County |
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Okanogan National Forest |
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Olympia |
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Palouse River |
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Pasco |
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Pierce County |
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Puget Sound |
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Roslyn |
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Seattle |
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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport |
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Skagit County |
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Skokomish River |
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Sloan Wichert Slough |
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Snake River |
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Snohomish County |
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Spokane |
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Steilacoom Lake |
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Stillaguamish River |
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Strait of Georgia |
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Sumner |
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Tacoma |
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Union Gap |
December 2008: Washington Court of Appeals Affirms Water Rights Relinquishment and Rejects Exemptions City of Union Gap and Ahtanum Ridge Business Park, LLC, v. Washington Department of Ecology, ___P.3d__ _ 26555-2-III (Div. 3 Wash.App. Nov. 13, 2008) |
November 2007: Yakima County Superior Court Affirms Relinquishment of Water Rights Sought by City City of Union Gap and Ahtanum Ridge Business Park, LLC, v. Washington Department of Ecology 06-2-00271-6 (Yakima County Superior Court, Oct. 9, 2007) |
March 2006: News From the West Brady v. Abbott Laboratories, 433 F.3d 679 (9th Cir. 2005); Goodrich v. United States, ___F.3d___ 05-5047 (D.C. Cir. 2006); City of Union Gap v. Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Wash. PCHB No. 05-078 (2006) |
February 2006: Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board Affirms Relinquishment of Water Rights Sought for Municipal Use City of Union Gap and Ahtanum Ridge Business Park v. Ecology, PCHB 05-078 (Jan. 5, 2006) |
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Vancouver |
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Walla Walla Basin |
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Yakima River Basin |
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Yakima Valley |
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