In cases where the EPA Administrator disapproves the transportation control portions of a state's air quality implementation plan, the Clean Air Act does not empower him to order the state to enact EPA-promulgated statutes and regulations for transportation control, or to bring federal enforcement a...

A citizens group and some of its members brought this action challenging a proposed interstate highway connector in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. §§4321 et seq., ELR 41009, and the Department of Transportation parkland provisions, 49 U.S.C. §1653(f)...

In an action to review the Comptroller of the Currency's grant of a bank charter without first preparing an environmental impact statement, the court rules that defendant's approval of the charter application must be postponed for failure to comply with the procedural requirements of the National En...

Property owners and environmental groups brought this NEPA action to challenge the Navy Department's decision to locate a Trident Submarine support base on Puget Sound at Bangor, Washington. Plaintiffs' aesthetic, conservational and recreational interests in the environment of the Bangor area give t...

After granting a writ of certiorari, the Supreme Court vacates the second circuit's judgment in Conservation Society of Southern Vermont v. Secretary of Transportation, 5 ELR 20068, and remands the case for further consideration in light of the recent amendment to NEPA regarding EIS preparation by s...

The court dismisses a suit seeking to enjoin the leasing of seabed areas off the coast of southern California for oil exploration and drilling. The Department of Interior satisfied the requirements of NEPA by filing two environmental impact statements, one on the nationwide accelerated offshore leas...

The court dismisses this injunctive action brought to halt the General Services Administration from completing destruction of certain historically significant buildings in Washington, D.C., without first consulting with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, as required by the National Histo...

The U.S. Army failed to comply with NEPA in deciding to close down the Lexington-Bluegrass Army Depot and transferring its functions to similar installations in California and Pennsylvania. While conceding that the proposed closing is a major federal action, the Army nevertheless determined that it ...

The district court properly dismissed, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, this suit by eight chemical manufacturers seeking review of EPA's regulations, promulgated under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, which established effluent limitations for inorganic chemical p...

The court dismisses a suit challenging an Interstate Commerce Commission order denying a van line company's request for the elimination of certain gateways on its various routes. Contrary to plaintiff's contention, the Commission did not deprive the van company of a fair hearing by applying atypical...