Humboldt River Basin Water Authority
ByDaniel Rothberg, The Nevada Independent, February 7th, 2021
On Monday, the first day of the legislative session, the state’s top water regulator sent a letter to the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Melanie Scheible: Gov. Steve Sisolak’s administration was backing away from a request that state lawmakers, then the voters, change the Constitution and alter the judicial branch’s system for how often-complex water cases are litigated in court. Click here to read the full story.
By Daniel Rothberg, The Nevada Independent, February 4th, 2021
A legal effort to bring more water to Walker Lake will stay afloat. In a ruling last week, a federal appellate court said Mineral County could continue to pursue its claim to require policymakers to restore the shrunken lake. It’s a major development in a case that is being closely watched by environmental groups and water users across the state. Click here to read the full story.
Due to the National Weather Service forecast for a series of winter storms to impact northern Nevada the rest of the week the Humboldt River Basin Water Authority meeting scheduled for Friday, January 29th at the Pershing County Community Center has been canceled. Please check this website for information regarding the new meeting date.
The State Engineer issued a Notice of Hearing and Proposed Interim Order Establishing Procedures for Review of Applications to Appropriate Groundwater in the Humboldt River Region with regard to the Potential Capture of and Conflict with Decreed Rights to the Waters of the Humboldt River and Tributaries Pursuant to the October 20, 2020 Settlement Agreement between the Pershing County Water Conservation District and the State Engineer in Case No. CV15-21019. Click here for the Proposed Interim Order and information about the hearing.
The State Engineer has elected to withdraw proposed regulations related Licensed Water Rights Surveyors (R170-20). The regulations were issued in response to the high volume of errors and returns for correction to water rights maps submitted to the Division. The Division will work with the State Licensed Water Rights Surveyors community to conduct training and to determine if regulations will be needed in the future. Click here to see the State Engineer’s Update.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Winnemucca District, Humboldt River Field Office has prepared a draft EIS (DEIS) to analyze a proposed expansion project of the Relief Canyon Gold Mine located at Packard Flat in Pershing County. BLM will announce two public scoping meetings which will be held on Zoom. Comments must be submitted by March 5, 2021.
Click here for more information on the project.
Contact HRBWA
775 - 443 - 7667
ccjfontaine@gmail.com
Jeff Fontaine - Executive Director