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Concerned Citizens for the 442nd T.A.W. v. Bodycombe

The court holds that the Air Force complied with the National Environmental Policy Act in preparing an environmental assessment (EA) and in determining not to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the deactivation of a tactical air wing. At the outset, it rejects plaintiffs' contention...

Citizens for a Better Env't v. Gorsuch

The court modifies an order of the district court, 12 ELR 20101, to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations for hazardous waste land disposal facilities on or before July 15, 1982.
Counsel for AppellantsMark Greenwood, Bruce DiamondOffice of the General CounselEnvironm...

Council of Commuter Orgs. v. Gorsuch

The court upholds the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) belated approval of New York City's incomplete public transportation program, but reinstates the moratorium on new construction or modification of stationary sources of air pollution pending final approval of a complete Part D state imp...

Delaware Water Emergency Group v. Hansler

The district court upholds the determination of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) not to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) prior to approving construction of a pumping station at Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, for the withdrawal of water from the Delaware River.The DRBC's initi...

Commonwealth ex rel. State Water Control Bd. v. County Utils. Corp.

The Supreme Court of Virginia upholds the circuit court's ruling that water quality standards adopted by the Virginia State Water Control Board that were technologically unattainable at any cost violated the State Water Control Law. Pursuant to the standards, appellees, two private utilities, were r...

Burd v. Commonwealth

The court rules that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) has authority under the state vehicle code to implement an automobile inspection and maintenance (I/M) program, and refuses to enjoin expenditures of commonwealth funds for the program. The court notes that DOT is under a conte...

Deltona Corp. v. Alexander

The court upholds a decision by the district court, 11 ELR 20235, that the Army Corps of Engineers properly denied a permit to dredge and fill wetlands on Marco Island, Florida. The court notes that the federal government is generally not subject to estoppel when it exercises its sovereign powers. T...

Diamond Shamrock Corp. v. Costle

The court of appeals affirms a district court order dismissing a suit by several chemical manufacturers for review of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Net-Gross Adjustment regulations on the ground that the controversy was not ripe. The regulations provide, with two exceptions, that a d...

Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Dover, City of

In consolidated cases brought by a railroad and a municipality, the court rules that a local ordinance regulating excessive noise has been preempted by the federal Noise Control Act of 1972 and is invalid. The federal statute explicitly preempts all local noise control measures which are not identic...

Chesapeake Bay Found. v. United States

The court dismisses plaintiffs' claim that a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit for a proposed petroleum refinery was illegally issued by the state water control board because no environmental impact statement (EIS) was prepared. The federal Environmental Protection Agenc...