ELR Citation: 55 ELR 20129
No(s). 23-15599 (9th Cir. Sep 5, 2025)

The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in part for the Bureau of Reclamation in a challenge to a California irrigation project that has operated without an NPDES permit since 1997 pursuant to a statutory exemption for “discharges composed entirely of return flows from irrigated agriculture.�...