Weekly Cases Update Volume 46, Issue 5

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Volume 46, Issue 8

ELR 2005514-1138(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit dismissed environmental groups' lawsuit seeking to vacate an EPA rule that implements the CAA's new source review (NSR) permitting scheme in nonattainment areas.

Keywords:
60-day requirement, Permits
ELR 2005414-7065(10th Cir., )

The Tenth Circuit dismissed an environmental group's citizen suit against an Oklahoma power company for CAA violations at a power plant. The group claimed the company modified a coal-fired boiler without first obtaining an emission-regulating permit as required by the CAA.

Keywords:
Citizen suits, §304, Civil penalty provisions, §113(b), Injunctive relief, Permits
ELR 2005014-7168(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit upheld the dismissal of a community group's lawsuit challenging the construction of a streetcar storage and training facility and the installation of overhead wires along a 2.2-mile stretch of a new streetcar line in Washington, D.C.

Keywords:
Transportation
ELR 2004914-5259(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit upheld the U.S. Forest Service's decision to exclude approximately 8,300 acres of federal land that fall within recreational ski boundaries from the Colorado roadless rule.

Keywords:
National forests, National forests

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