Weekly Cases Update Volume 54, Issue 7

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Volume 54, Issue 14

ELR 2007022-3026(3d Cir., )

The Third Circuit denied power companies' petition to review EPA's issuance of a federal implementation plan (FIP) establishing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission limits for selective catalytic reduction-equipped coal-fired electric generating units in Pennsylvania to address reasonably avai

Keywords:
Federal actions
ELR 2007124-1492(7th Cir., )

The Seventh Circuit reversed a district court's preliminary injunction prohibiting approval of a proposed land exchange in Wisconsin for construction of a high-voltage electric transmission line that would run through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 2007322-cv-06143-JSC(N.D. Cal., )

A district court granted summary judgment for a fisheries biologist in a challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' flood control operations at a California dam.

Keywords:
Interagency consultation, §7(a), "Take," §9(a)(1)(B)
ELR 2007223-5189(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Army Corps of Engineers and NMFS in a challenge to approval of a dredging project in Puerto Rico's San Juan Bay.

Keywords:
Cumulative impacts