ELR Citation: ELR 20685
No(s). 1867-73 (D.D.C. Aug 3, 1974)

The court grants plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and orders the Atomic Energy Commission to prepare a NEPA impact statement for its nuclear power export process within twelve months. The Export-Import Bank, which assists the export process by providing low interest loans to foreign purchasers, need not prepare an EIS of its own, however, since such duplication would unnecessarily waste bureaucratic resources. AEC is the "sponsoring agency" of the export process, and is thus responsible for formulating the impact statement; other agencies' views and consultation are to be obtained through the commenting process. The court does not ruld on whether the Export-Import Bank is subject to NEPA and must publish guidelines for evaluating the environmental effects of its activities, noting that this is not a case in which the Bank is the sole federal agency involved in the exportation of some commodity.

Counsel for Plaintiffs
Eldon Greenberg
1751 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Counsel for Defendants
Frederick L. Miller
Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530