California Court of Appeal

Denial of petition for writ of mandate challenging issuance of discharge permit is affirmed as, although defendant could have issued a permit which imposed numeric limits on chemicals in storm water discharges into San Diego Bay under the Clean Water Act and applicable regulations, defendant was authorized to instead require that storm water chemical discharges be limited by employing so-called "best management practices."

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/29/2006
• Published 11/29/2006

Judges

• BENKE, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Briggs Law Corporation, Cory J. Briggs;  Environmental Advocates and Suzanne E. Bevash for Plaintiff and Appellant., Lawyers for Clean Water, Inc., Daniel Cooper, Eureka, and Layne Friedrich, San Francisco, for California Coastkeeper Alliance, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellant., No appearance for Real Parties in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Mary Hackenbracht and Carol A. Squire, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents California State Water Resources Control Board.