The court holds that it has subject matter jurisdiction under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) citizen suit provision over a challenge to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refusal to release sewage construction grant funds, and that plaintiff must obtain state priority certific...

The court holds that a state administrative enforcement action that concluded in a consent order does not preclude a Clean Air Act citizen suit, but a civil enforcement action instituted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) preempts that portion of the suit concerning violations of the same ...

The court holds that the Corps of Engineers has the power under §301 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to deny an FWPCA §404 dredge and fill permit for construction in an artificial wetland in Minnesota. The court first rules that the Corps has jurisdiction over an artificial wetl...

The court holds that the Department of Energy (DOE) wrongly denied Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) funds to Nevada to study a likely waste repository site and DOE's General Guidelines on Nuclear Waste Repository Program Grants are unlawful. Under the NWPA, a state is eligible to receive funds after ...

The court holds that owners of a hydroelectric project granted a licensing exemption in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are not entitled to an injunction allowing operation of the project while an environmental assessment of the project is prepared. The court notes that usu...

The court holds that the Wilderness Act creates federally reserved water rights in wilderness areas, but the federal government's failure to assert those rights is not agency action unlawfully withheld under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The court first holds that plaintiff Sierra Club has...

The court holds that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may maintain an enforcement action under §7 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) against a utility company to compel the cleanup of spilled polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and upholds EPA's extensive cleanup requirements under �...

The court for the most part approves the recommendations and adopts the reasoning of a special master on a host of issues concerning the liability of owners and operators, generators, and third-party generator defendants in a federal action for response costs and injunctive relief under the Comprehe...

The court holds that the National Park Service must prepare cumulative environmental impact statements (EISs) on the granting of individual mining permits in certain national parks in Alaska and extends an earlier preliminary injunction on mining operations, 15 ELR 21048, to include Denali National ...

The court holds that the Secretary of the Interior applied the incorrect standard in determining whether an Outer Continental Shelf lease sale would significantly effect subsistence uses and needs under §810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). The court reviews the stat...