ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20170
No(s). 07-01860 (D.D.C. Mar 29, 2011)

A district court held that the USDA Rural Utilities Service's (RUS') failure to prepare an EIS in connection with the expansion of a coal-fired power plant violated NEPA. RUS' involvement in the project, including financial assistance under the Rural Electrification Act, constitutes a "major fe...