The district court rules that defendants discharged fill material into wetlands of the East Everglades, Florida without a Corps of Engineers permit in violation of §404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). Defendants, despite receiving cease and desist orders from the Corps, proceede...

The court holds that a transporter of hazardous waste is not required to obtain a license from the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), finding that the ICC has not asserted jurisdiction over hazardous waste transportation. The ICC has jurisdiction over transportation of "property" by motor carrier...

The District of Columbia Circuit rules that the federal government is no longer bound by a stipulation entered into with the National Audubon Society that required the government to defer construction of the Garrison Diversion Unit in North Dakota. Under the court-approved stipulation, 7 ELR 20414, ...

The court remands to the district court an order, 11 ELR 20554, denying appellant's motion to quash an administrative search warrant obtained by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to search plaintiff's plant in Badin, North Carolina. EPA had obtained an ex parte administrative search warrant ...

The court approves a proposed settlement establishing procedures and standards governing the cleanup of the chemical waste-filled Hyde Park Landfill near Niagara, New York. The court first notes that its review of the proposed settlement is limited to a determination of whether it is fair and adequa...

The court upholds the trial court's decision dismissing, on grounds of federal preemption, a suit by private landowners seeking judicial imposition of aircraft noise abatement measures and a ban on the extension of an airport runway. Since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is charged with re...

Despite possible minor violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the court affirms the denial of a post-completion injunction to prevent the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from granting financial assistance for a low-income apartment project. The court holds that...

The court upholds a final environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration (FHwA) for a 20-mile segment of Route 55 to be constructed as a four-lane freeway. The court first holds that its review is limited to determi...

The court upholds a decision of the Illinois Pollution Control Board that the permissible rate of air emissions from petitioner's facility for recovering methane gas from a landfill is to be determined by reference to the residual emissions from the facility, not to the much larger amount of gases e...

The Ninth Circuit rules that since a portion of the McKenzie River in Oregon was navigable when Oregon was admitted to the Union, the state has title to the riverbed. The court notes that a river is navigable under federal law if in its natural condition it is used or susceptible of use for commerci...