[env-trinity] Appeals Court Decides Crucial Case On State Fish And Wildlife CDFW’S Extension Of Streambed Alteration Limits To Existing Water Diversions:

[Thomas P. Schlosser]

Here's a copy of the court's opinion.
Tom

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> Extension Of Streambed Alteration Limits To Existing Water Diversions: 
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> *Appeals Court Decides Crucial Case On State Fish And Wildlife CDFW’S 
> Extension Of Streambed Alteration Limits To Existing Water 
> Diversions:* “/On June 4th, 2015, the Third District Court of Appeal 
> reversed the Siskiyou County Superior Court’s injunction against the 
> California Department of Fish and Wildlife (“CDFW”), holding for the 
> first time that the State’s streambed alteration program extends to 
> existing water right diversions even if they do not physically alter 
> streambeds. The Superior Court last year had stopped CDFW from 
> bringing enforcement actions against longtime agricultural water users 
> for continuing to divert surface waters from within the County without 
> first obtaining a streambed alteration agreement pursuant to Section 
> 1602 of the Fish and Game Code. Siskiyou County Farm Bureau v. 
> California CDFW of Fish and Game, Case No. SCSCCV11-00418. In a 
> setback for water rights holders, the Court concluded that Section 
> 1602—ostensibly enacted to counteract mining-related streambed 
> alterations—unambiguously embraces ordinary and long-time water 
> diversions held under existing rights./ … ” Read more by clicking 
> here. 
> <http://www.downeybrand.com/Resources/Legal-Alerts/97303/Appeals-Court-Decides-Crucial-Case-On-State-Fish-And-Wildlife-CDFWS-Extension-Of-Streambed-Alteration-Limits-To-Existing-Water-Diversions>
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