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1 WESTERN STATES WATER NEWSLETTER INDEX January 5, December 28, 2018 Issues No HEADING SUBHEADING DATE ISSUE ADMINISTRATION Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Reclamation Clean Water Act Department of Commerce Department of the Interior-Reorganization Inspector General Drought Contingency Plan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) FY2019 Budget FY2019 EPA-Interior Appropriations FY2019 Interior Budget (special report) Groundwater
2 Hurricane Harvey Infrastructure (special report) Jurisdictional Determinations National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Water Meeting (special report) National Weather Service Nonpoint Source Nutrients P3 Pilot Projects Public Lands Infrastructure Fund (special report) Presidential Memorandum Regulatory Science Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Forecasting Section 408 Projects Senate Judicial Nomination State Authority State-Federal Relations (special report) State of the Union Streamgages Supreme Court U.S. Forest Service (USFS) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) (special report)
3 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Water Reuse WaterSmart Wildfires CONGRESS Arizona Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Reclamation - Title Transfers Reclamation Fund Title Transfers Clean Water Act -Section Columbia River Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Bill Committee Leadership Compliance Assistance Elections - House/Senate Endangered Species Act (ESA) Farm Bill FY2019 Appropriations - Agriculture FY2019 Budget
4 FY2019 Energy and Water Appropriations FY2019 EPA-Interior Appropriations Gold King Mine Grazing House Committee on Natural Resources House Judiciary House Majority Leader Hydropower Indian Water Rights Settlements Indian Self Determination Infrastructure (special report) (special report) (special report) National Park Restoration Act National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Budget Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Reclamation Fund Regulatory Streamlining Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (special report) Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
5 Senate Confirmation Senate Judicial Nomination State Revolving Funds Stormwater Infrastructure Surplus Water Rule U.S. Geological Survey Water Data Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) (special report) Western Water Supply ENVIRONMENT Endangered Species Act (ESA) Interstate Groundwater Invasive Species Mississippi v. Tennessee National Park Restoration Act Reclamation Fund LITIGATION Alaska Army Corps of Engineers California Clean Water Act WOTUS Rule (special report) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Equitable Apportionment Florida v. Georgia
6 Groundwater (special report) Kentucky Waterways Alliance v. Kentucky Utilities Company (special report) Interstate Groundwater Levees Liability Kinder Morgan Energy Partners et.al. v. Upstate Forever et. al (special report) Mississippi v. Tennessee Nam v. DOD Navajo Water Rights New Mexico New York et al. v. EPA North Dakota Northwest Area Water Supply (NAWS) Reserved Water Rights Sierra Club v. Virginia Electic and Power Company (special report) Sturgeon v. Frost Tennessee Clean Water Network v. Tennessee Valley Authority (special report) Tribal Treaty Fishing Rights Washington Water Curtailment Water Transfer Rule Waters of the United States (WOTUS) WATER QUALITY Arizona Army Corps of Engineers 6
7 California Clean Water Act (CWA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Groundwater Infrastructure Jurisdictional Determinations New Mexico Nonpoint Source Nutrients Produced Waters Regulatory Science Rivers and Streams State 401 Certifications State Revolving Funds (SRF) U.S. Geological Survey Washington Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) 7
8 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) - continued Water Reuse Water Transfer Rule WaterFix Waters of the United States (WOTUS) WATER RESOURCES AgriMet Arizona Army Corps of Engineers (special report) Atmospheric Rivers Bureau of Reclamation (special report) California Colorado City of Aspen Colorado River
9 Colorado River Water Users Association (special report) Columbia River Treaty Department of the Interior Desalination Drought Farm Bill Groundwater Hetch Hetchy Dam Hydropower Idaho Infrastructure (special report) Instream Flows (special report) Integrated Water Resources Management Lake Powell Lower Colorado River Operations National Water Extension Program Nevada New Mexico NOAA - National Water Meeting (special report) Oroville Dam Presidential Memorandum 9
10 Produced Waters Republican River Compact Reservoirs S2S Precipitation Forecasting Sedimentation Senate Hearing (special report) State Revolving Funds (SRF) Surplus Water Rule Texas Flooding Title Transfers Tribes (special report) USGS - Water Use Data Utah (special report) Water Banking & Leasing (special report) Water Basin Transfers Water Data Water and Data Exchange Program (WaDE) Water Infrastructure Water Projects Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) (special report) Water Reuse Water Supply Outlook Water Transfers WaterFix
11 WaterSMART Western Water Supply Wildfires WATER RIGHTS Colorado City of Aspen Crow Tribe Department of the Interior - Inspector General Equitable Apportionment Groundwater House Majority Leader Indian Self Determination Indian Water Rights Settlements Interstate Groundwater Mississippi v. Tennessee Montana Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Nevada Reserved Water Rights Tribal Water Rights Water Basin Transfers Yampa Curtailment WESTERN GOVERNORS Alaska Annual Meeting - Rapid City, SD (special report) Clean Water Act Cooperative Federalism Department of the Interior-Reorganization Elections Flood Information System Gubernatorial Elections
12 Invasive Species Montana Section 401 Certifications South Dakota State-Federal Relations (special report) State of State Addresses Surplus Water Rule WESTERN STATES Fall Meetings - Coeur d Alene, ID WATER COUNCIL Grazing Water Rights Workshop S2S Precipitation Forecasting Workshop Summer Meetings - Newport, OR Spring Meetings and Roundtable -Washington, DC Water Quality-Water Quantity Nexus Workshop ORGANIZATIONS American Water Resources Association Colorado River Water Users Association (special report) Water Subcabinet (special report) PEOPLE Toby Baker Jack A. Barnett Maia Bellon Floyd Bishop Michael Black Thomas E. Cahill John D Antonio Grant Davis Mike Gallagher Amy Haas Rickey Dale R.D. James Peter Lake 12
13 Jan Langel Emily Lindley Tom Livers Sue Lowry Karla Nemeth Don Ostler Roger Pierce Alan Reichman Michael Ryan Eileen Sobeck Mary Verner 13
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