Voices of the Wetlands v. State Water Resources Control Board

*506Opinion

BAXTER, J.

Voices of the Wetlands, an environmental organization, filed this administrative mandamus action in the Monterey County Superior Court to challenge the issuance, by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region (Regional Water Board), of a federally required permit authorizing the Moss Landing Power Plant (MLPP) to draw cooling water from the adjacent Moss Landing Harbor and Elkhom Slough.1 The case, now more than a decade old, presents issues concerning the technological and environmental standards, and the procedures for administrative and…