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VOICES OF WETLANDS v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BD.

No. S160211.

52 Cal.4th 499 (2011)

257 P.3d 81

128 Cal. Rptr. 3d 658

VOICES OF THE WETLANDS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD et al., Defendants and Respondents; DUKE ENERGY MOSS LANDING, LLC, et al., Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

August 15, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earthjustice, Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School, Deborah A. Sivas , Leah J. Russin and Holly D. Gordon for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kurt R. Wiese , Barbara Baird ; Daniel P. Selmi ; John J. Sansone , County Counsel (San Diego), Paula Forbis , Deputy County Counsel; Law Offices of Nancy Diamond, Nancy Diamond ; Steven M. Woodside , County Counsel (Sonoma) and Cory W. O'Donnell , Deputy County Counsel, for South Coast Air Quality Management District, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District and Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer , Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Gordon Burns and Manuel M. Medeiros , State Solicitors General, J. Matthew Rodriquez , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary E. Hackenbracht and Kathleen Kenealy , Assistant Attorneys General, John Davidson , Anita E. Ruud and Michael M. Edson , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman , Sarah G. Flanagan , John M. Grenfell and Blaine I. Green for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Michael J. Levy and William M. Chamberlain for California Energy Commission as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

OPINION

BAXTER, J.—

Voices of the Wetlands, an environmental organization, filed this administrative mandamus action in the Monterey County Superior Court to challenge the issuance, by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region (Regional Water Board), of a federally required permit authorizing the Moss Landing Powerplant (MLPP) to draw cooling water from...

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