The court dismisses as premature petitions for review of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) revised national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) regulations issued under the Clean Water Act. The petitions were filed before the date and time at which EPA specified the regulation...

After refusing to grant a stay, 9 ELR 20767, pending review of the district court's denial of preliminary injunctive relief against the sale of outer continental shelf oil and gas drilling leases in the Georges Bank region, 9 ELR 20764, the First Circuit Court of Appeals dismisses the appeal of the ...

Granting plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, the court finds that the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Forest Service's second roadless area review and evaluation (RARE II) is inadequate under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and enjoins the Forest Service from all...

The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a district court order that granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Secretary of the Interior from allowing a state-sponsored aerial wolf hunt to begin on certain federal land in Alaska until an environmental impact statement (EIS) ...

The Supreme Court reverses a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 8 ELR 20731, and rules that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not violate §402(a)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act when it extended a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit ...

The D.C. Circuit affirms the district court ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) rejection of funding for two California sewage treatment projects applying "advanced waste treatment" on the basis of its conclusion that their costs were not justified by the improvement in public ...

The Ninth Circuit rules that §307(c)(1) of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) requires the Secretary of the Interior to determine whether outer continental shelf (OCS) Lease Sale No. 53 is consistent with the California coastal zone management plan and that environmental groups have standing un...

The Eighth Circuit affirms the district court decision, 12 ELR 20157, which upheld the environmental impact statement (EIS) for a 25.3-mile highway bypass between Bella Vista and Fayetteville Loop in Arkansas. The court finds that the lower court adequately considered alternatives to the project and...

The First Circuit affirms the district court's dismissal of claims that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is required under the Federal Aviation Act to promulgate airport noise regulations for Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. The court notes that although §611 of the Act authorizes t...

The court rules that the Buffalo National River is closed to mining because it is part of the National Park System. The court notes that it must apply the arbitrary and capricious standard of review of the Administrative Procedure Act. It rules that under the Buffalo National River Act (BNRA) Congre...