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Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA

The court upholds in part and remands in part the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulations implementing §301(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), which allow publicly owned treatment deadline set out in §301(b). The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) argued tha...

Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. v. U.S. Postal Serv.

Granting plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction, the court rules that the United States Postal Service (USPS) must issue a negative determination regarding environmental impacts for gas-powered boilers and therefore reevaluate its decision to solicit bids for construction of an electric boi...

Pymatuning Water Shed Citizens for a Hygienic Env't v. Eaton

Finding that plaintiff is a citizen within the meaning of §505 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), the court orders defendants to comply with their national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit without proof of violations of effluent standards or limitations under �...

United States v. M/V Big Sam

The court rules that under §311(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), the owner of a "third party" vessel causing the discharge of oil into navigable waters is not liable to the United States for cleanup costs where the owner proved that the spill was caused solely by an act of the...

United States v. DeFelice

Affirming a district court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that a private artificial canal is within the Army Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction where the canal is capable of commercial navigation and is subject to the ebb and flow of the tide. Pursuant to a prior court order acknowledging h...

United States v. Weiss

The court rules that the Organic Administration Act of 1897 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations regarding placer mining on national forest lands. The Forest Service sought to enjoin defendants from mining until an approved mining plan had been filed and a bond posted as requ...

United States v. Goldfield Deep Mines Co. of Nev.

The court affirms the district court's award of damages to the United States for trespass on national forest lands. The district court had found appellants liable for trespass for conducting mining operations in the San Bernardino National Forest in violation of Forest Service regulations. In an act...

Noe v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

Affirming the district court's denial of relief, 10 ELR 20247, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that appellant has no implied cause of action under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to obtain injunctive relief requiring appellees to maintain the noise and other environmental impac...

New Hope Community Ass'n v. Department of HUD

The Court upholds the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) determination that a proposed 60-unit low-rent housing project is not a major federal action requiring preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS). Applying the arbitrary and capricious standard of review set out ...

Montana Wilderness Ass'n v. U.S. Forest Serv.

The court holds that, under §1323(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Alaska Lands Act), Burlington Northern, Inc., has a right-of-access to its timberland inholdings within the Gallatin National Forest. Section 1323(a) requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide access ...