Weekly Cases Update Volume 45, Issue 6

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Volume 45, Issue 10

ELR 2006214-1478(E.D. Pa., )

A district court held that EPA does not have a mandatory duty to review an amendment to the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act under the CWA. The amendment allows the use of certain on-lot sewage systems to satisfy the state's antidegradation requirements.

Keywords:
Review and revision, §303(c)
ELR 2006713-1091(6th Cir., )

The Sixth Circuit held that USDA failed to comply with its own regulations when it determined a farm was ineligible for program benefits under the "Swampbuster" provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985.

Keywords:
Swampbuster program of 1985 Farm Bill
ELR 2006513-00684 & 14-00153(D. Haw., )

A district court held that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the ESA, and NEPA when it authorized the U.S.

Keywords:
Jeopardize species/habitat, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Marine mammals

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