ELR Citation: ELR 20298
No(s). 2164-72 (D.D.C. Jan 8, 1973)

In a settlement agreement, environmentalist plaintiffs agree to drop their demand that a full environmental impact statement be prepared for all ships contracted for under the tanker subsidy program established by the 1970 amendments to the Merchant Marine Act. In return, defendant Maritime Administration agrees to prepare an impact statement on all future and certain existing subsidies for tanker construction. Defendant also agrees to prepare an analysis of the economic feasibility of ordering specified design changes in those ships not to be covered by the environmental impact statement. The Maritime Subsidy Board also promises to give notice in the Federal Register when it proposes to subsidize a new class of tanker or modify its pollution abatement specifications. See R. Huffman, The Opportunities for Environmentalists in the Settlement of NEPA Suits, 4 ELR 50001 (May 1974).

Counsel for Plaintiff
Robert Hallman
Eldon Greenberg
Center for Law and Social Policy
1751 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Counsel for Defendant
Herbert Pittle
Room 2140
Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530