ARCADIA v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
This case concerns the construction and application of the federal Clean Water Act (Clean Water Act; 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Porter-Cologne Act; Wat. Code, § 13000 et seq., unless otherwise stated, all further statutory references are to the Water Code).
The superior court entered a judgment issuing a writ of mandate that vacated a resolution by defendant California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region (Regional Board) after it completed a periodic review of its water quality control plan. The judgment further directed the Regional Board to either reopen the prior review proceeding or, during its next scheduled periodic review, conduct a public
hearing on the plan's water quality objectives applicable to storm water or urban
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