June 14, 2023
California conservation groups have told the Ninth Circuit they should receive almost $390,000 in legal fees for helping safeguard the Golden State's Clean Water Act authority over hydropower permitting in a court battle against federal regulators.
August 05, 2022
A California state agency didn't waive its permitting authority over four hydroelectric projects when it allowed the project developers to withdraw water quality certification applications that didn't comply with state law and were likely destined for denial, the Ninth Circuit ruled.