Kleppe v. Sierra Club

ELR Citation: ELR 20532
No(s). 75-552 (U.S. Jun 28, 1976)

The Supreme Court reverses the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 514 F.2d 856, 5 ELR 20463, and holds that NEPA does not require preparation of an environmental impact statement for coal leasing in the Northern Great Plains region absent an agency proposal for regional coal development. There h...