California v. Wheeler

Four regional environmental organizations and the State of California filed lawsuits in federal district court for the Northern District of California challenging the EPA’s determination that the Redwood City Salt Ponds were not within the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act. California alleged that the negative jurisdictional determination would make it more likely that the Salt Ponds would be developed, impairing the State’s ability to control and mitigate sea level rise impacts in San Francisco Bay. The State asserted that the determination violated the Administrative Procedure Act.