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In a move not seen since California was gripped by drought in the 1970s the California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) has sent notices of curtailment orders directing senior water rights holders in the Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento watersheds to curtail water diversions. The new curtailment orders effect senior water rights holds with Pre-1914 water rights, specifically…
By Craig A. Tristao The full article can be downloaded here. On April 30, 2015 the State Water Resources Control Board declared that (1) water being released from state and federal water projects is being released in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (Delta Watershed) and (2) the Delta is in Balanced Condition. It then issued curtailment notices to 88…
On May 1, 2015 the State Water Resources Control Board issued an immediate curtailment notice to those diverting water from the Sacramento River Watershed and Delta under a Post-1914 water right permit, license, registration or certificate. This curtailment follows several issued in April: 3rd: Curtailment order concerning diversions from the Antelope Creek Watershed. 17th: Curtailment order concerning diversions from the…
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This article can be downloaded here. Today the State Water Resources Control Board (“Board”)issued an “Order for Additional Information In the Matter of Diversion of Water from Sacrament and San Joaquin Watershed and Delta”. The order follows a May 2014 curtailment order to post-1914 appropriative water right holders in the region and emergency regulations that were adopted in July 2014. It…
By Craig A. Tristao Click here to download the article. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued its decision in San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Locke. The decision reverses and remands a previous district court decision that found NMFS’ 2009 biological opinion (BiOp) concerning the Central Valley Project and its impact to salmon species to be arbitrary and capricious. The…
November 26, 2014 Click here to download this article. On September 16, 2014, following three years of drought and increasing inability to deliver water to Central Valley farms and businesses, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1739, SB 1168, and SB 1319. Collectively these bills constitute California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Briefly put, the legislation, which is part of the…
DEADLINES APPLICABLE TO THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT* Deadline [Beginning] Milestone [Responsible Party] Comment [Code Section] January 31, 2015 Categorize and prioritize basins as high,medium, low, or very Low. [Department of Water Resources (DWR)] The characterization will be based on DWRBulletin 118, or modifications to the boundaries of basins in the bulletin. [§ 10722.4(a)] January 1, 2016 Adopt regulations for…
Download a PDF of the article here By Eliot S. Nahigian Estate plans for couples and individuals should be reviewed and revised because of The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”). The Act, enacted on January 1, 2013, to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff,” contains a number of significant estate and gift tax provisions including: A unified estate…