The court rules that, as a matter of law, the establishment and maintenance of wildlife areas in their natural condition does not amount to an unreasonable use of land or a nuisance. Damage to private property in the nature of a nuisance creates a cause of action sounding in inverse condemnation whe...

The court holds that the Army Corps of Engineers complied with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Corps' own regulations when it issued a FWPCA §404 permit authorizing a land development company to fill 11 acres of wetlands to buil...

The court holds that the dumping of dredged materials at a site designated by the Corps of Engineers in Long Island Sound should not be enjoined pending Corps preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The court first holds that the NEP...

The court holds that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) revised backfit rule, which governs new or modified safety requirements on previously licensed nuclear power plants, is facially valid. NRC has specifically responded to the weaknesses of the 1985 rule by clarifying the ambiguities ide...

The court holds that an attack by the pulp and paper mill industry on the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to object to proposed state-issued National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits is not ripe for re...

The court holds that citizen suits under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) are prohibited if based on wholly past violations, and when a state is granted authorization to operate its hazardous waste pr...

The court holds that an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy statement concerning dioxin tolerances in national pollutant discharge elimination system permits for paper mills using chlorine bleaching is not subject to judicial review under §509 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FW...

The court holds that the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) decision not to supplement its environmental impact statement (EIS) on timber management plans in Oregon, in light of new information on the northern spotted owl, is not reviewable under §314 of the 1987 Interior continuing budget resolut...

The court holds that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) determination that Ohio's Clean Air Act state implementation plan (SIP) is inadequate is not final EPA action subject to judicial review. EPA had found deficiencies in the SIP for sulfur dioxide emissions in Hamilton County, Ohio. Cl...

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not give nonregistrant users of a registered herbicide the right to prevent a cancellation settlement between remaining registrant users and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and force further proceedin...