Yuba Water Gets Auto-Yes if California Board Drags Feet on Approval
Published Date: 8/11/2025
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Summary
The Yuba County Water Agency asked California’s water board for permission to keep water clean for a project, starting June 10, 2025. The water board has until June 10, 2026, to say yes or no. If they don’t decide by then, their approval is automatically given, so the project can move forward without delay.
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One-year deadline; waiver if no action
On June 10, 2025, the Yuba County Water Agency requested a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification for Project No. 2246-102. The California State Water Resources Control Board has until June 10, 2026 to act, and if it fails to act by that date the certifying authority is deemed waived under 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1).
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