ELR Citation: 51 ELR 20119
No(s). 20-5100 (D.C. Cir. Jun 22, 2021)

The D.C. Circuit vacated a district court's grant of summary judgment to USDA's Farm Service Agency in a lawsuit concerning the agency's loan approval for a chicken farm in Maryland. An environmental group argued the EA made in connection with the loan approval violated NEPA, and that the EA should be vacated and the loan approval enjoined. The district court granted summary judgment to the agency, concluding the group demonstrated standing but that the agency reasonably determined an EIS was not necessary. The appellate court concluded the group lacked standing because it failed to establish that its claims were redressable. It therefore vacated the district court ruling, and remanded with instructions to dismiss the suit for lack of jurisdiction.