Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Department of Transportation

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20238
No(s). 12-56467 (9th Cir. Oct 30, 2014)

The Ninth Circuit held that DOT did not violate the CAA or NEPA in its approval of a planned expressway connecting the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. In the course of the project’s approval process, DOT conducted an air quality conformity determination under the CAA, which involv...