Weekly Cases Update Volume 42, Issue 10

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Volume 42, Issue 23

Grand Canyon Trust v. United States Bureau of Reclamation
ELR 2016911-16326(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part a lower court decision dismissing an environmental group's lawsuit challenging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's annual operating plans for the Glen Canyon Dam along the Colorado River under NEPA, the ESA, and the APA.

Keywords:
Bureau of Reclamation, Held not included
Native Village of Kivalina IRA Council v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2017011-70776(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit upheld an EPA Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) order denying a native village's petition for review of an NPDES permit authorizing the discharge of wastewater from an Alaskan lead and zinc mine.

Keywords:
Permit issuance
Wildearth Guardians v. Public Service Co. of Colorado
ELR 2017111-1400(10th Cir., )

The Tenth Circuit dismissed as moot an environmental group's CAA citizen suit against an energy company for building a new coal-fired power plant in Pueblo, Colorado, without a valid construction permit.

Keywords:
CAA, Maximum achievable control technology (MACT)

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