Voices of the Wetlands v. State Water Resources Control Board

ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20268
No(s). S160211 (Cal. Aug 15, 2011)

California's highest court upheld a regional water board's issuance of a NPDES permit authorizing a power plant to draw cooling water from an adjacent harbor and slough. An environmental group filed suit, claiming that the permit did not satisfy the "best technology available" requirement of CWA...