The state of Maine may bring suit in its parens patriae capacity to recover damages resulting from the discharge of oil into Casco Bay. The state has an independent interest in the quality of her coastal waters sufficient to justify a parens patriae suit. See Hawaii v. Standard Oil of California, 2 ...

The president of a corporation was properly convicted of a criminal violation of the Alaskan antipollution statute for allowing raw sewage from a corporation-owned trailer park to flow into state waters. The statute is not unconstitutionally vague, nor are its penalty provisions in violation of equa...

The court dismisses petitions to review on the ground that petitioners have no standing to challenge the Administrator's approval under the Clean Air Act of portions of the implementation plans of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. A petition that does not contain any allegation of injury-in-fact to pe...

The Corps of Engineers is not required to file an environmental impact statement under §102(2)(C) of NEPA when issuing a dredging and pier building permit allowing the construction by private parties of a boating and fishing marina. Review of an application for permission to proceed with an activit...

Plaintiff and defendant Acting Administrator of EPA agree on revised timetable for EPA compliance with mandate of Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. EPA adopts policy of 30 days' public notice of proposed agency actions. See Comment, Settlement Fixes Deadlines for EPA Compliance...

Under the Maine Site Location Law the state's highest court denies a private developer permission to subdivide 92 acres of land fronting on a public pond because the developer failed to demonstrate that his plans would adequately protect the public's interest in the pond. The Site Location Law appli...

In a concurring and dissenting opinion later adopted by the majority in Borough of Neptune City v. Borough of Avon-by-the-Sea, 2 ELR 20519, Justice Hall calls for reinvigoration of the Public Trust Doctrine in New Jersey in order to conserve remaining tide-flowed lands. He concludes that it is impos...

The planning and development of an urban renewal project subject to the approval of the City Council is not federal action for NEPA purposes, and even if it were, the costs of delaying the project would be too great to justify the issuance of a preliminary injunction. However, later implementation o...

The Maine Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Coastal Conveyance Act of 1970, which imposes an annual license fee on operators of oil terminal facilities receiving shipments of oil by sea. The one-half cent per barrel charge, paid into a fund for the containment and cleanup of oil spi...

Determinations made by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under §111 of the Clean Air Act governing standards for emission of air pollutants by new sources are exempt from NEPA requirements. However, the Administrator's promulgation of standards for Portland cement plants was ...