Sierra Club v. United States Department of Agriculture

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20028
No(s). 07-1860 (D.D.C. Jan 31, 2012) (Sullivan, J.)

A district court held that the USDA's Rural Utilities Service violated NEPA by failing to prepare an EIS in connection with its involvement in the expansion of a coal-fired generating plant in Holcomb, Kansas. Because the Service provided approvals and financial support to the project, the agenc...