Weekly Cases Update Volume 43, Issue 3

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Volume 43, Issue 1

Waterkeeper Alliance v. Hudson
ELR 2001010-487(D. Md., )

A district court dismissed an environmental group's CWA action against a poultry farm claiming that it illegally discharged chicken litter into tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.

Keywords:
Citizen suits, §505, Nonpoint source discharges
Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA
ELR 2000108-1250(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit ordered EPA to repromulgate two final rules it issued under the CAA concerning the implementation of the NAAQS for fine particulate matter (PM).

Keywords:
National ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), §109
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Palma
ELR 2000911-4094(10th Cir., )

The Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision dismissing environmental groups' case challenging decisions made by BLM and the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) concerning the legality of 39 oil and gas leases in southern Utah.

Keywords:
Oil and gas leases and prospecting permits, §17

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