Tri-Valley CAREs v. U.S. Department of Energy

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20043
No(s). 10-17636 (9th Cir. Feb 7, 2012)

The Ninth Circuit held that DOE's environmental assessment of a prospective "biosafety level-3" facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory complied with NEPA. DOE took the requisite "hard look" at the threat of a direct terrorist attack at the facility. DOE also reasonably exercised ...