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Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego, City of

Reversing a decision of the Supreme Court of California, 10 ELR 20862, the United States Supreme Court invalidates on First Amendment grounds a San Diego billboard ordinance prohibiting, with some exceptions, off-site commercial advertising and noncommercial signs. In the view of a four-member plura...

U.S. Steel Corp. v. EPA

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals joins the Third, Fifth, Ninth, and District of Columbia Circuits, 9 ELR 20316, 20311, 10 ELR 20985, 20963, in setting aside the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) designation of nonattainment areas pursuant to §107(d) of the Clean Air Act for failure to ad...

Aaron v. Conservation Comm'n of the Town of Redding

The Connecticut Supreme Court upholds municipal regulations restricting activities that affect wetlands, including operations and uses occurring outside the physical boundaries of wetlands and watercourses. Defendant, a municipal wetlands agency for the town of Redding, enacted regulations pursuant ...

Natural Resources Defense Council v. Munro

The court rules that due to enactment of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) no longer needs to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) with respect to Phase 2 of its Hydro-Thermal Power Program (HTPP). The court had p...

United States v. Painesville, City of

The court affirms a district court determination that a boiler installed by the appellant municipal uility is a "new source" under §111(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act and therefore is subject to new source performance standards (NSPS) promulgated under the Act. The utility executed a purchase contract ...

Northern Plains Resource Council v. EPA

The court upholds the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) decision to grant a conditional "prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) of air quality" permit for two coal-fired power plants issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act. Plaintiffs argued that the power plants will not use the best av...

Save Lake Wash. v. Frank

The court rules that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) complied with the National Environmental Policy Act in preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a docking facility construction project and that it complied with the "federal consistency" provisions of the C...

United States v. Cargill, Inc.

The court rules that the federal government may enforce the terms of a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit while a state action is pending to enforce the same permit, but the court issues a conditional stay of the federal action due to exceptional circumstances. The Delawa...

In re Hokkaido Fisheries Co.

The court rules that under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) the United States may seek recovery of oil spill cleanup costs outside of a shipowner's action for exoneration from or limitation of liability under the Limited Liability Act. Because the Limitation Act limits liability for d...

United States v. Bear Marine Servs.

In an action in which the United States seeks to recover the expenses of cleaning up an oil spill under §311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the court rules that the owner of a dolphin which contributed to the spill may be liable to the government under general maritime law. Although th...