Atlantic Richfield Co. v. California Regional Water Quality etc.

Filed 11/15/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, C093124

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 34-2014- 80001875-CU-WM-GDS) v.

CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY

CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL VALLEY

REGION,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Steven M. Gevercer, Judge. Affirmed.

Farella Braun + Martel, James H. Colopy, John M. Ugai, Tori Timmons; Davis Graham & Stubbs, Benjamin B. Strawn; Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer and Kirk Jenkins for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Assistant Attorney General, Tracy L. Winsor, Russell B. Hildreth and Jeffrey P. Reusch, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

1 This case returns to us for a second time. In Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Bd. (2019) 41 Cal.App.5th 91 (Atlantic Richfield), we reversed the trial court’s judgment overturning a cleanup order issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central…