Weekly Cases Update Volume 43, Issue 3

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Volume 43, Issue 1

ELR 200062:12-0044(E.D. Cal., )

A district court, in a 114-page opinion, held that a regional planning agency violated the California Environmental Quality Act when it approved the expansion of a ski resort near Lake Tahoe.

Keywords:
Environmental Assessment/Impact Statement, Environmental impact reports (EIRs)
ELR 2000712-30136(5th Cir., )

The Fifth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court decision dismissing an environmental group's CWA, CERCLA, and EPCRA claims against BP and Transocean Ltd. following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Keywords:
Right-To-Know, Citizen suits, §326
ELR 2000411-460(U.S., )

The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision holding a water district liable under the CWA for violating its municipal separate storm sewer system permit.

Keywords:
Stormwater discharges, 402(p), Held not included