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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently announced that the first application period for the Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reduction (FARMER) program in the state’s smaller air districts ... read more
NACWA awards recognize outstanding contributions to environmental protection and the clean water community. We are pleased to announce that attorney Roberta “Bobbi” Larson has received a 2020 National Environmental Achievement Award (NEAA) from ... read more
On Thursday, January 23, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (collectively, “Agencies”) announced the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (Final Rule), providing ... read more
For the first time since their adoption in 1978, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is proposing major changes to its regulations governing federal agency implementation of the National Environmental ... read more
We invite you to catch up with Somach attorneys and clients through this snapshot of our press releases, alerts, events and media coverage. Events & Activities January 21-23 – Indian ... read more
We are pleased to name Andy Hitchings as the firm’s next managing shareholder, succeeding Tess Dunham. In addition, the firm has promoted Rich Deitchman to shareholder status, effective January 1, 2020. “I’m excited to assume ... read more
Water users and developers in Colorado’s Designated Ground Water Basins – take heed. New amendments to administrative rules will significantly affect existing and future groundwater uses in eastern Colorado. Impacts ... read more
The Special Master in the long-running dispute between Florida and Georgia over the apportionment of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF Basin) issued a report to the U.S. Supreme Court last ... read more
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) generally requires fleets of certain ocean-going vessels (OGV) meeting or exceeding a threshold number of visits to specific California ports to turn off their ... read more
We invite you to catch up with Somach attorneys and clients through this snapshot of our press releases, alerts, events and media coverage. Events & Activities October 3 – Sisters, ... read more
The Division of Water Rights will introduce its “Streamlined Processing for Standard Groundwater Recharge Rights” at the regular November 19th meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board). The ... read more
Beginning January 1, 2020, all special districts in California must maintain a website. Does your district have a website? If so, does it comply with the new statutory requirements? Keep ... read more
On October 3, 2019, the Ninth Circuit ruled on an appeal brought by Friends of the River (FOR), who sought review of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District ... read more
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (District) is one the few local air quality districts with authority to regulate mobile sources. One manifestation of this authority is District Rule ... read more
Boulder, Colo. (October 1, 2019) — Somach Simmons & Dunn (“Somach”), a western regional water and natural resources law boutique, is pleased to welcome Leila C. Behnampour as an associate attorney ... read more
Last week Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 5 (AB-5). AB-5 presumes that any person who performs work for a hirer is an employee and not an independent contractor. The ... read more
The Groundwater Resources Association of California recently announced two speakers for the tenth year of the organization's David Keith Todd (DKT) Distinguished Lecture Series. Congratulations to managing shareholder Tess Dunham ... read more
Efforts to increase recycled water use in California got a significant boost this week with the State Water Board’s issuance of an order authorizing the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District’s ... read more
The Ninth Circuit recently held that dischargers bear the burden of showing a court that their discharges meet a statutory exception to the permitting requirement in the Clean Water Act ... read more
The California Supreme Court clarified an ambiguous statute and the test for what is considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act in its recent decision in Union of ... read more
A lawsuit filed on August 13, 2019, by a coalition of approximately two dozen state and local government entities petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ... read more
We’re pleased to announce that shareholders Stuart Somach, Tess Dunham, and Sarah Klahn have been named among the top lawyers nationwide in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in ... read more
In a decision with potentially far-reaching implications for future litigation affecting tribal property, the Ninth Circuit dismissed on sovereign immunity grounds an environmental challenge to reauthorization of coal mining activities ... read more
Earlier this year, the California Court of Appeal upheld a trial court decision authorizing an irrigation district to withhold water deliveries to landowners within the district who violate rules promulgated ... read more
We're pleased to recognize a group of Somach Simmons & Dunn attorneys for their inclusion in the 2019 Super Lawyers lists. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers ... read more
