LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BD.

No. B309151 Nos. B309153, B309155, B309148 No. B312949.

88 Cal.App.5th 874 (2023)

305 Cal. Rptr. 3d 205

LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, Defendant and Appellant; REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, LOS ANGELES REGION, Defendant and Respondent; CITY OF BURBANK, Real Party in Interest and Appellant. LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, Defendant and Appellant; REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, LOS ANGELES REGION, Defendant and Respondent. LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

February 27, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chatten-Brown, Carstens & Minteer, Amy Minteer , Michelle N. Black ; Sycamore Law, Daniel Cooper ; Kelly Clark and Benjamin Harris for Appellant Los Angeles Waterkeeper in Nos. B309151, B309148, B309153, B309155 and Respondent Los Angeles Waterkeeper in No. B312949.

Rob Bonta , Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne , Assistant Attorney General, Eric M. Katz and Jessica Barclay-Strobel , Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant State Water Resources Control Board and Respondent Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region.

Somach Simmons & Dunn, Roberta L. Larson , Brittany K. Johnson and Michelle E. Chester for California Association of Sanitation Agencies, Association of California Water Agencies and WateReuse Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant State Water Resources Control Board.

Amy A. Albano , Christopher Chwang ; Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Stephanie Osler Hastings , Elisabeth L. Esposito and Jessica L. Diaz for Appellant City of Burbank.


OPINION

In 2017, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region (Regional Board) renewed permits allowing four publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) to discharge millions of gallons of treated wastewater daily into the Los Angeles River and Pacific Ocean. The Regional Board issued the permits...

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