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Utah water-use data study underway
Two Utah engineering firms are partnering to improve th
Read MoreFederal court upholds state’s right to stop natural gas pipeline under the Clean Water Act
Last Friday the Second Circuit Court of Appeals sided w
Read MoreLong fought water pipeline dispute over Nevada-Utah state line will finally get a federal hearing
A years-long fight over a plan to build a water pipeli
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Skyline mine expansion starts water fight in Emery County
In late March, the Huntington-Cleveland Irrigation Comp
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9th Cir. to decide tribal rights to groundwater
As the U.S. Supreme Court pointed out some forty years
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What amounts to an obstruction of water rights in Utah?
In a recent case before the Utah Court of Appeals, neig
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Level of service standard class action denied appeal
A group of property owners who paid impact fees (“wat
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Utah Quality Growth Commission enters watershed fray
In late August, the Utah Quality Growth Commission serv
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Is a Water Use Authorization an enforceable contract?
In a recent case before the Utah Court of Appeals, the
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Cache County Water Conservancy District on ballot
For more than a century now, Cache Valley communities h
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TCWW in UEP crosshairs over Short Creek water rights
In January 2015, United Effort Plan trust (“UEP”) f
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11th Circuit: CWR decision belongs to 6th Circuit
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently dealt a
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HEAL Utah abandons Green River nuke appeal
Last week, utahwaterlaw.com reported on the Utah Court
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Change applications and existing water rights
A district court’s decision to approve two change app
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Navajo Nation closes in on water rights settlement
It appears that the Navajo Nation, the federal Bureau o
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PSC decision over well lease stands
In a recent case before the Utah Court of Appeals, a de
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USACE jurisdictional determination reviewable
In an 8-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled th
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Peer review legislation at issue in EPA petition
In a previous posting, utahwaterlaw.com reported on con
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Lake Powell Pipeline Project applies for federal approval
Utah State officials have filed a licensing application
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SCOTUS won’t hear 9th Cir. NPDES permit case
In June, 2015, the United States Supreme Court declined
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Clean Water Rule Challenges to be heard by Sixth Circuit
Recently we reported on the stay issued by the Sixth Ci
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Section 404 violation undisclosed in Favero
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) sets for
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General Adjudication of water rights in Utah
What is a General Adjudication? General Adjudication i
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New Utah Water Quality Health Advisory Panel
In April 2015, Erica Gaddis, Assistant Director of the
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National WQS updated under EPA final rule
In august 2015, the administrator of the Environmental
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Lake Powell Pipeline project flooded by newly passed legislation
The Lake Powell Pipeline may have just received some of
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Nonuse application cannot protect long-dormant water right from challenge, Fourth District Court Judge says in Christensen & Jensen case
In a recent Christensen & Jensen (“C&J”) st
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Standing to seek judicial review of an order of the state engineer; Utah Court of Appeals holds that appellants were not “aggrieved parties” for purposes of the UAPA in Utah Alunite Corp. v. Jones
Under the Utah Code, “[a] person aggrieved by an orde
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Peer review legislation does not comply with Clean Water Act, EPA says
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) recentl
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Utah Public Waters Access Act “violates” Utah Constitution 4th District judge says; Utah Supreme Court stays ruling pending appeal
The issue of public access to waters in the state of Ut
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Clean Water Act section 404(f) “interpretive rule” withdrawn after NMPF objects
In response to objections raised by the National Milk P
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EPA issues final Clean Water Rule, but Sixth Circuit stays rule pending further determination
In the spring of 2015, the Environmental Protection Age
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