Mayaguezanos por la Salud y el Ambiente v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20214
No(s). 99-1412 (1st Cir. Dec 20, 1999)

The court holds that the failure of the United States to regulate the passage of a ship carrying nuclear waste through waters in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is not a major federal action. Therefore, the court dismisses an environmental group's National Environmental Policy Act claims agai...