Weekly Cases Update Volume 49, Issue 12

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Volume 49, Issue 28

ELR 201634:11 CV 77 RWS(E.D. Mo., )

A district court ordered an electric utility company to obtain a PSD permit to address CAA violations at its coal-fired power plant in Festus, Missouri.

Keywords:
Permits
ELR 2015917-1073 (EGS)(D.D.C., )

A district court denied a motion for summary judgment against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Customs and Border Protection for failure to disclose under FOIA information related to construction of a wall along the Mexican border.

Keywords:
Deliberative-process privilege, Exemption No. 6, Exemption No. 7
ELR 201602:18-cv-1185(S.D. Ohio, )

A district court denied chemical manufacturing companies' motions to dismiss a lawsuit seeking industry funds to study the human health impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Keywords:
Toxic Substances (generally)
ELR 2016416-CV-1932-MSK-STV(D. Colo., )

A district court vacated in part and remanded in part FWS' 2014 determination to remove the Rio Grande cutthroat trout from the ESA list of endangered and threatened wildlife.

Keywords:
Threatened species listing
ELR 2016119-00269 JAO-RT(D. Haw., )

A district court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Hawaiian resident alleging that an early start to a county construction project harmed two endangered species—the Hawaiian hawk and Hawaiian hoary bat—in violation of the ESA.

Keywords:
Endangered Species Act (ESA), Held not satisfied

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