The court rules that new health studies did not constitute significant new information requiring the Navy to supplement its environmental impact statement (EIS) on Project ELF, its extremely low frequency (ELF) submarine communication facility, and that the district court erred in enjoining the proj...

The court rules that the Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by not preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) and worst case analysis for its seven-year action plan for sales of timber in the Mapleton District of the Suislaw National Forest. The court first r...

After ruling for federal defendants in this pesticide suit, 12 ELR 20769, and being reversed on appeal, 13 ELR 20901, the district court awards plaintiffs attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), reduced because of the attorneys' failure to properly document their time. The court ...

The court holds that the federal government is not liable to plaintiffs for its alleged failure to control black-tailed prairie dog populations. The court first holds that it is without subject matter jurisdiction over the counts involving claims for money damages against federal defendants in their...

The court holds that plaintiffs are not entitled to mandamus to force the government to control prairie dog populations, but that prairie dog control was not committed to agency discretion and so the court can review agency actions. For mandamus to lie, the duty to be compelled must be ministerial, ...

The court holds that the district court properly ordered appellant to restore wetlands he filled in violation of two consent decrees.
[The Fourth Circuit opinion on which the challenged restoration order was based is published at 14 ELR 20093. An earlier district court opinion in the case is publis...

The court holds that the environmental impact statement (EIS) for sludge disposal from the Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant in Los Angeles sufficiently considered ocean dumping alternatives to the project to permit the decisionmaker to make a reasoned choice. The court first holds that although t...

The court rules that the Secretary of Transportation's approval of Interstate Route H-3 In Hawaii violated the parkland protection provisions of the Department of Transportation Act (DOTA), but did not violate the Endangered Species Act (ESA) or the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Since th...

The court holds that under the state constitution and environmental statutes, the Environmental Control Commission (ECC) acts as a public trustee of the environment, and that the administrative record and findings for the issuance of a hazardous waste disposal permit to IT Corporation fail to show t...

The court holds that a district court has no jurisdiction to consider, in an action for civil penalties for violations of a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit, whether the water receiving the discharge was improperly classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a "water o...