Affirming the district court, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' decision not to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) prior to granting a permit for construction of a coal loading facility near Onton, Kentucky, was reasonable. In addition, the Corps...

The court rules the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was not arbitrary and capricious in accepting the Secretary of the Interior's determination that the Breton Wilderness exceeded 5,000 acres on August 7, 1977, and thus concluding that the area is a mandatory Class I area ...

The court holds that the city of Denver may not deviate from a right-of-way granted in 1924 in constructing a water supply project over national forest lands unless it applies for an amended permit and complies with environmental and land use regulations. The 1924 grant allowed water diverted from t...

The court holds that the Veterans Administration (VA) was not required to consider an alternative not authorized by Congress in its environmental impact statement (EIS) for a hospital construction project. The requirement of §102(2)(C)(iii) of the National Environmental Policy Act that EISs include...

The court upholds an environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared for a proposed residential development in Snohomish County, Washington, pursuant to Washington State Environmental Policy Act requirements and rules that "piecemeal" EIS preparation is appropriate for the project. Despite the failure...

The appellate court upholds the New York Department of Environmental Conservation's denial of petitioners' application to lift the current prohibition on the use of endrin and allow restricted use of the pesticide. The court rules that respondents did not act arbitrarily or irrationally. The record ...

The Third Circuit affirms three district court orders, 11 ELR 20954, [20954], 20956,concerning a consent decree requiring Pennsylvania to implement an automobile emissions inspection and maintenance program. In response to procedural challenges, the court rules that the district court was not requir...

Finding for respondent on various legal and procedural issues in this challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rejection of Idaho's proposed implementation plan measures for controlling sulfur oxide emissions from petitioner's smelting plant, the court nonetheless remands the agency'...

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the lower court's order, 7 ELR 20648, dissolving the Port Authority's ban on Concorde SST flights at Kennedy Airport and permits the Concorde to serve New York under the new federal operations specifications. Criticizing the Port Authority's "total resista...

The court dismisses a complaint alleging a violation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 42 U.S.C. §§4321 et seq., ELR STAT. & REG. 41009, in the granting of a permit by the Secretary of the Army for dredging and construction of an 850-foot pier at Victoria Bluff, South Carolina, n...