ELR Citation: ELR 20167
No(s). J84-011 CIV (D. Alaska Jan 18, 1985)

The court holds that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prior to issuing a Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) §104 permit for the taking of orca whales. The court first hol...