Weekly Cases Update Volume 41, Issue 11

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Volume 41, Issue 25

ELR 20280No. 2010-5147(Fed. Cir., )

The Federal Circuit, in a breach of contract case involving the U.S.

Keywords:
Radiation, Government contracts, Waste management
ELR 20275No. 09-4008(7th Cir., )

The Seventh Circuit upheld a $100,000 penalty assessment against three power plant developers for PSD permit violations at a proposed coal-fired power plant site.

Keywords:
Penalty assessment criteria, §113(e), Permits
ELR 20279No. 10-70718(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit remanded the FAA's decision not to prepare an EIS in conjunction with its approval of an airport runway construction project.

Keywords:
Airports
ELR 20281No. 10-35646(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation took the requisite "hard look" under NEPA in its analysis of a proposed incremental drawdown of water from Lake Roosevelt in Washington state.

Keywords:
Cumulative impacts
ELR 20282No. 10-4876(D.N.J., )

A district court dismissed a development company's CERCLA contribution claim against a large corporation for costs the company incurred investigating and remediating environmental contamination on property caused by the corporation's legal predecessor.

Keywords:
Held not available, Corporations
ELR 20274No. A129646(Cal. App. 1st Dist., )

A California appellate court held that a county complied with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) prior to approving the development of a large beverage distribution facility project.

Keywords:
Environmental Assessment/Impact Statement, Environmental impact reports (EIRs)

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