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Volume 55, Issue 16

55 ELR 20064
No(s). 23-975 (U.S. May 29, 2025)

The U.S. Supreme Court, 8-0, held that the D.C.

Keywords:
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
55 ELR 20059
No(s). 17-60088 (5th Cir. May 16, 2025)

The Fifth Circuit agreed to rehear a petition for review that it previously denied concerning EPA's designation of two counties in Texas as nonattainment for the 2010 sulfur dioxide NAAQS.

Keywords:
Clean Air Act (CAA)
55 ELR 20062
No(s). 24-60084 (5th Cir. May 21, 2025)

The Fifth Circuit dismissed environmental groups' petition to review an EPA rule granting Louisiana primary enforcement authority over Class VI underground carbon sequestration wells.

Keywords:
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
55 ELR 20063
No(s). 24-3659 (9th Cir. May 27, 2025)

The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a challenge to BLM's authorization of construction on a transmission line through the San Pedro Valley.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
55 ELR 20061
No(s). 2:23-cv-7146 (NJC) (AYS) (E.D.N.Y. May 19, 2025)

A district court granted in part and denied in part an aerospace company's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it failed to address the release of hazardous materials on an 18-acre property in the town of Oyster Bay between 1949 and 1962 and that has since become a community park.

Keywords:
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
55 ELR 20060
No(s). 2:23-CV-00804-TC-DBP (D. Utah May 19, 2025)

A district court reversed its prior dismissal of a challenge to four BLM leasing decisions concerning federal land in Utah.

Keywords:
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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