ELR Citation: ELR 20263
No(s). s. 96-1096 et al (D.C. Cir. Nov 18, 1997)

The court vacates the portion of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) natural resource damage assessment rule that authorizes the removal of residual oil and the recovery of attorney fees, but upholds the final rule in other respects. The court first holds that the rebuttab...