Current Weekly Cases Update
The cases listed below appear in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update. For cases previously reported, please refer to the Weekly Cases archives.
Volume 44, Issue 11
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future v. Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority
A district court dismissed an environmental groups' citizen suit against a water authority for alleged CWA and state law violations in connection with the discharge of storm water from a municipal separate storm sewer system to the Allegheny River. The groups did not argue that the authority...
Sierra Club v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
A district court upheld the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's latest land use and development plan for the Lake Tahoe Area Basin, located along the California and Nevada border. The updated plan, issued in 2012, includes the agency's adoption of a regional transportation plan and the...
El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. United States
The D.C. Circuit largely upheld the dismissal of a Native American tribe's RCRA and Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act claims against the United States and various federal agencies in connection with a former uranium mill and two hazardous waste facilities located on Navajo land. In...
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Inc. v. Alex Energy, Inc.
A district court issued a memorandum opinion and order holding that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection may temporarily, but not indefinitely, suspend the requirement that permit holders that do not have selenium limits or monitoring and reporting requirements on their face...
NL Industries, Inc. v. ACF Industries
A district court granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss a corporation's CERCLA suit against an electronics company for costs incurred cleaning up lead contamination at a New York Superfund site. The electronics company, which had operated a steel plant and foundry on the site,...
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