American Rivers v. National Marine Fisheries Serv.
ELR Citation: ELR 20967 No(s). 95-35462 (9th Cir. Apr 2, 1997)
The court holds that environmental and commercial fishing groups' challenge to a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) biological opinion (BO) is moot, while a challenge to a subsequent BO may be properly pled under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The NMFS' BOs concerned the impact of the...