Atlantic: “The Legal Case for Blocking the Dakota Access Pipeline”

Here.

Subtitled: “Did the U.S. government help destroy a major Sioux archeological site?”

An excerot:

“These are valid claims and, as alleged, they are strong claims,” says Sarah Krakoff, a professor of environmental resource and Indian law at the University of Colorado Boulder. “These [federal provisions] are intended to slow this process down, so that they can make sure the right environmental decision is being made.”

She added, “the Clean Water Act has substantive provisions that prefer good environmental outcomes to bad. And the proximity of this pipeline to their main water source does make their legal case stronger than some I’ve seen.”

Colorado gold mine is one of the EPA’s new Superfund pollution sites

A Colorado gold mine that spilled more than 3 million gallons of wastewater into western rivers was among nearly a dozen sites added Wednesday to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund National Priorities List.

HERE.

Prior posts on the Gold King Mine HERE.

 

Historic Water Agreement Between Oklahoma and Tribes

Download agreement here.

Link to official website and additional documents here.

Link to previous coverage here.

The agreement requires Congressional approval.

Chickasaw and Choctaw Reach Water Settlement with Oklahoma

Here.

US Moves to Recuse Federal Judge from Indian Water Rights-Related Matter Due to Bias against Federal Government

Here is the motion in United States v. Walker River Irrigation District (D. Nev.):

1414 US Motion to Recuse

Catherine O’Neill on Washington Dept. of Ecology’s Draft Water Quality Standards and the District Court’s Order Enjoining EPA to Act

Here.  Professor O’Neill provides a detailed and understandable summary of the many problems with Ecology’s draft standards and also explains EPA’s role and the District Court for the Western District of Washington’s recent decision.

The District Court’s decision in Puget Soundkeeper Alliance v. EPA is here: Puget Soundkeeper v EPA Order on Summary Judgment 8-3-16.

Ninth Circuit Materials in Klamath-Trinity River Flow Dispute

Hoopa - Trinity River
Trinity River in the Hoopa Valley Reservation

Here are the materials in San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water authority v. Jewell:

25 US Opening Brief

27 YT Opening Brief

28 CDFW Motion and Amicus Brief

52 2016-04-15 SLDMWA-WWD opening & resp brief

57 2016-07-01 Hoopa reply brief

59 2016-07-01 Fed Ds’ reply-response brief

62 2016-07-01 PCFFA-IFR response brief

64 2016-07-01 Yurok third brief on cross-appeal

72 2016-07-29 water contractors’ cross-appeal reply brief

73 2016-07-29 water contractors’ reply to PCFFA

SLDMWA v. Jewell, 52 FS3d 1020 (EDCA 2014) 2013 FARs XMSJ dcn

Attorney-Adviser Vacancy with DOI in Boise

Link to USAJobs announcement here.

Main client would be Bureau of Reclamation (so water law), with some Indian law work.  Closes Friday, August 8, 2016.

Sho Ban Tribe – Water Summit (August 11, 2016)

Here is the brochure: TribalWaterWorkshop_ver2

Website here.

 

Policy Analyst Positions at Interior’s Indian Water Rights Office

Link to Senior Policy Analyst announcement here.

Download senior analyst duties and responsibilities here.

Link to Policy Analyst announcement here.