The district court rules that motions to intervene filed by Pennsylvania state legislators 16 to 18 months after the parties signed a consent decree establishing an auto emissions inspection and maintenance (I/M) program are untimely and therefore must be denied. The Delaware Valley Citizens' Counci...

Affirming the district court, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' decision not to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) prior to granting a permit for construction of a coal loading facility near Onton, Kentucky, was reasonable. In addition, the Corps...

The court rules the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was not arbitrary and capricious in accepting the Secretary of the Interior's determination that the Breton Wilderness exceeded 5,000 acres on August 7, 1977, and thus concluding that the area is a mandatory Class I area ...

The court holds that the city of Denver may not deviate from a right-of-way granted in 1924 in constructing a water supply project over national forest lands unless it applies for an amended permit and complies with environmental and land use regulations. The 1924 grant allowed water diverted from t...

The court holds that the Veterans Administration (VA) was not required to consider an alternative not authorized by Congress in its environmental impact statement (EIS) for a hospital construction project. The requirement of §102(2)(C)(iii) of the National Environmental Policy Act that EISs include...

The court upholds an environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared for a proposed residential development in Snohomish County, Washington, pursuant to Washington State Environmental Policy Act requirements and rules that "piecemeal" EIS preparation is appropriate for the project. Despite the failure...

The appellate court upholds the New York Department of Environmental Conservation's denial of petitioners' application to lift the current prohibition on the use of endrin and allow restricted use of the pesticide. The court rules that respondents did not act arbitrarily or irrationally. The record ...

The Third Circuit affirms three district court orders, 11 ELR 20954, [20954], 20956,concerning a consent decree requiring Pennsylvania to implement an automobile emissions inspection and maintenance program. In response to procedural challenges, the court rules that the district court was not requir...

The court denies a petition for rehearing en banc of its order granting the Commonwealth's motion for a stay of a district court order. The district court, 12 ELR 20191, found the Commonwealth in contempt for failure to comply with a consent decree to establish an automobile inspection and maintenan...

The court rules that the Solid Waste Management Act preempts local regulation of a solid waste disposal facility. The legislative history emphasizes the need for uniform statewide regulation and establishes a comprehensive regulatory scheme. The township ordinance, which seeks to regulate the enviro...