Weekly Cases Update Volume 50, Issue 12

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Volume 50, Issue 28

Idaho Conservation League v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2021918-72684(9th Cir., )

In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit granted in part and denied in part an environmental group's petition to review EPA's approval of the Idaho Pollution Discharge Elimination System (IPDES).

Keywords:
State programs, §402(b)
United States v. United Park City Mines Co.
ELR 2021418-4110(10th Cir., )

The Tenth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling ordering mining and finance companies to comply with EPA's requests for information related to cleanup of a contaminated site in Utah.

Keywords:
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2021716-1861 (JDB)(D.D.C., )

A district court denied a motion to reconsider its 2018 ruling that gave EPA discretion as to how to establish a new TMDL for trash in the Anacostia River.

Keywords:
Total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), §303(d)
Wild Virginia v. Council on Environmental Quality
ELR 202163:20CV00045(W.D. Va., )

A district court denied environmental groups' motion to preliminarily enjoin or stay a rule issued by CEQ revising the regulations for federal agencies to follow in implementing NEPA.

Keywords:
CEQ regulations

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