Weekly Cases Update Volume 43, Issue 3

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Volume 43, Issue 1

Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center v. U.S. Forest Service
ELR 2000510-2172(E.D. Cal., )

A district court held that the U.S. Forest Service violated its travel management rule, but not NEPA, when it issued its record of decision approving the Stanislaus National Forest Motorized Travel Management EIS.

Keywords:
National forests, National forests
Sierra Club v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
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)
Center for Biological Diversity v. BP America
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

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