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Raritan Baykeeper, Inc. v. NL Indus., Inc.

A district court dismissed, on grounds of abstention, an environmental group's RCRA and CWA citizen suit against a company seeking remediation of contaminated sediments in the Raritan River located adjacent to a site formerly owned by the company. The complaint asks the court to enter an injunction ...

San Diego Navy Broadway Complex Coalition v. San Diego, City of

A California appellate court held that a local development agency was not required to prepare a subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) regarding the potential impact of a redevelopment project on global climate change. CEQA ...

Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth v. Rancho Cordova, City of

A California appellate court held that a public interest group's California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), zoning law, and public trust claims against a city for approving a development project in an environmentally sensitive area lacks merit. The environmental review process adequately addressed...

United States v. Detroit, City of

The Sixth Circuit dismissed as moot the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps') appeal of an injunction requiring it to accept contaminated material dredged from a waterbody connected to the Detroit River. A settlement agreement between Michigan and the city of Detroit required the city to dredge and...

Great Basin Mine Watch v. EPA

The Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not act arbitrarily, capriciously, or contrary to law when it granted Nevada's request to split one of its clean air areas into two. Contrary to an environmental group's claim, the presence and operation of a mine in the ...

TOMAC v. Norton

A district court held that the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA's) supplemental environmental assessment (EA) and revised finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for a proposed casino on Native American land held in trust by the United States complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)...

San Diego Metro. Transit Dev. Bd. v. RV Communities

A California appellate court affirmed a lower court judgment in a condemnation action awarding a recreational vehicle (RV) park compensation for property taken by eminent domain, additional property taken by inverse condemnation, a temporary construction easement, a drainage easement, and severance ...

Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for the Dist. of Mont.

The Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court discovery ruling ordering a railroad company to produce documents in an underlying action in which landowners allege that the railway intentionally dumped toxic materials on their property. The railroad company failed to produce a privilege log as to the contes...

County Sanitation Dist. No. 2 of Los Angeles County v. Kern, County of

A California appellate court held that a county was required to prepare an environmental impact report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) prior to adopting an ordinance that restricts the application of sewage sludge on land located within its jurisdiction. CEQA requires the...

Burbank, City of v. State Water Resources Control Bd.

The California Supreme Court held that when a regional water board issues a permit to a wastewater treatment facility, it may not consider economic factors to justify imposing pollutant restrictions that are less stringent than the applicable federal standards, but it may take into account economic ...