The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that it lacks jurisdiction to review the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's veto of pollutant discharge permits that the California Water Resources Control Board proposed to issue for two pulp mills under §402 of the Federal Water Pollutio...

Truck manufacturers filed petitions for review of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations which establish enforcement procedures and warranty requirements for compliance with noise emission standards for medium and heavy trucks under the Noise Control Act of 1972. The court determines that...

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacates and remands the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) veto of proposed state issuance of a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit for a coal-fired power plant in Ohio. The state permit would allow waste water discharges that do n...

In a case of first impression, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) broad reading of §8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), ELR STAT. & REG. 41344, regarding its studies from chemical manufacturers. The EPA rule required manufacture...

Reversing the Oregon Court of Appeals, 25 Ore. App. 469, 550 P.2d 465, the Oregon Supreme Court holds that a private citizen is entitled to judicial review of a decision of the Energy Facility Siting Council and that the Council did not make proper findings regarding the citing of two nuclear power ...

The court issues a statement of the factual bases and legal rationales for previous orders granting defendants' motions to dismiss an action alleging that the transportation plans and planning process for the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area violate several federal laws. The court first rules tha...

The court rules that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has the authority under the TVA Act of 1933, 16 U.S.C. §§831 et seq., to construct a nuclear power plant on a site located outside the watershed of the Tennessee River. The TVA Act created TVA to promote agricultural and industrial developm...

The court denies plaintiff's request for injunctive and declaratory relief preventing the demolition of the Hanes Building as part of an urban renewal project in Oklahoma City. When the project plans were amended in 1973 to incorporate the demolition of the building, defendants arranged for the prep...

The court grants summary judgment for defendants on all counts in a suit charging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of the Interior, and Bureau of Reclamation with illegally failing to control salinity in the Colorado River. The court first determines that EPA's approval of the C...

The Minnesota Supreme Court affirms the judgment of the trial court declaring unconstitutional a state statute prohibiting the sale of milk and certain milk products in plastic containers. The court finds that the statute, which is intended to encourage the use of recycled materials and to reduce th...