Government, Tribe, Company Say Cert Not Warranted For Clean Water Act Ruling

Mealey's (October 30, 2019, 4:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States, a Native American tribe and a hydroelectric company on Oct. 28 all came out in favor of denying U.S. Supreme Court review of a ruling that Oregon and California’s authority to conduct water quality reviews for the federal licensing process for dams was waived by the dam operator’s yearly withdrawals and resubmissions for federal licensing renewal (California Trout, et al. v. Hoopa Valley Tribe, et al., No. 19-257, U.S. Sup.)....