Authored Articles & Publications Mar 16, 2022
Environmental, Energy & Climate Change Law and Regulation Reporter
BB&K Attorneys Discuss Recent Environmental Investigations and Judicial Developments in February Issue
Steve is regularly involved with surface and groundwater rights issues, including the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
He helps clients with mitigation banking, land conservation and Endangered Species Act matters.
Steve also serves as a volunteer attorney and board member for a local legal aid clinic.
Steve Anderson works on water rights, groundwater, wetlands, in-lieu fee program, endangered species, environmental mitigation, conservation easements and other natural resource law matters. As a partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP, Steve is a member of the firm’s Environmental Law & Natural Resources, Special Districts and Municipal Law practice groups.
Water Law
Steve is regularly involved in water issues faced by public agencies and private clients across California, including water rights disputes, groundwater, recycled water, water diversions and reporting, drought impacts on water supply, implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, water bonds (Proposition 1), water supply assessments, wastewater and integrated water planning. Steve routinely drafts water rights opinions and contracts involving water supplies.
General Counsel Practice
Steve serves as general counsel to water districts, court-appointed watermasters, resource conservation districts and other special districts. In this capacity, Steve works on Brown Act, conflict of interest, contracting, grant funding, employment, transactional and other public agency governance issues, in addition to natural resource law matters.
CWA, ESA and More
Steve also assists public and private entities with Section 404 wetlands permitting, in-lieu fee programs, mitigation banking and other federal Clean Water Act issues. He helps clients in complying with Section 7 consultation requirements, habitat conservation planning and conservation banking issues under the federal Endangered Species Act. Steve routinely interacts with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Regional Water Quality Control Boards and other state and federal regulatory agencies on permitting for infrastructure development and other public and private projects.
Steve represents public and private clients in administrative proceedings and civil litigation in state and federal courts involving the Delta, the Colorado River, State Water Resources Control Board orders, the ESA, the CWA, the California Endangered Species Act, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and other laws.
Steve regularly makes presentations on water, endangered species, CWA, mitigation and land conservation issues at local, regional and statewide conferences. Steve has taught courses on the ESA and habitat conservation planning at the University of California, Riverside. He also frequently drafts articles on the ESA and California water law issues for state and national publications.
Before joining BB&K, Steve served as a judicial law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court.
Steve also serves as a volunteer attorney and board member of the Inland Empire Latino Lawyers Association legal aid project, a nonprofit that provides free legal services to the under-served.
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BB&K Attorneys Discuss Recent Environmental Investigations and Judicial Developments in February Issue
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Designation Impacts Local Ordinances and Developments Involving the Tree
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Proposes New Rule Regarding Exclusion of Lands from Critical Habitat for Federally Listed Species
Decision in Protecting Our Water and Environmental Resources v. County of Stanislaus Case
Part 3: California Laws Impacting Public Agencies for 2020
New California Law to Help Achieve SGMA Requirements
SWRCB Votes to Adopt Regulations that Could Impact Permitting Procedures
Critical Habitat for Endangered Species Decision
Approval is a Ministerial Action, not subject to CEQA, Appellate Court Finds
Fee Imposition Will Begin This Summer
Written Comments Due in Five Days
Public Comments Accepted Until Dec. 19
Public Comments Due Aug.18
Public Comments Due July 29th
Key Principle: Sustainable Management Through Local Efforts
State Water Resources Control Board Releases Draft Regulation to Modify Water Conservation Requirements
Public Comments Due June 22
Climate, Growth and Water Supply Adjustments Ease Conservation Burden in Some Communities
Proposed Regulations Include Required Plan Elements and Criteria for State Review
Climate, Population Growth Among New Factors For Mandatory Drought Restrictions
Public Comments Due Jan. 28
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