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United States v. Velsicol Chem. Corp.

The court imposes a civil penalty of $30,000 for more than 300 violations of the pretreatment limitations contained in defendant's national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit which restricts discharges of the pesticides endrin and heptachlor into the municipal sewage treatment pla...

Environmental Defense Fund v. Blum

The court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) conditional approval of a one-year exemption under §18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) permitting use of the pesticide ferriamicide against the fire and in Mississippi must be remanded to the Agenc...

Environmental Defense Fund v. Costle

In a suit challenging, inter alia, defendants' compliance with federal pollution control laws in approving salinity control plans adopted by states of the Colorado River Basin, the court considers four motions for intervention as of right, and in the alternative, for permissive intervention.Three of...

Hercules, Inc. v. EPA

The court upholds regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under §307 of the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act that severely limit discharges into the nation's waterways of two toxic substances: toxaphene and endrin. The court determines as a preliminary matter that Co...

Defenders of Wildlife v. Andrus

Regulations promulgated by the Fish and Wildlife Service which allow powerboating in the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge are held to violate the Refuge Recreation Act because such boating, rather than being a secondary use, is inconsistent with and would interfere with the refuge's primary purpos...

Concerned Land & Natural Resource Owners, Inc. v. Seamans

The court enjoins further work on undisturbed areas of a secondary oil recovery project partially funded by the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) pending preparation of an environmental impact statement. The court finds that promotion of the project by ERDA is a major federal act...

Central Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp. v. EPA

The Second Circuit upholds an opinion by the general counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determining that when EPA approves a state program for issuing national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permits the Agency retains jurisdiction over final permit proceedings pendi...

United States v. Tex-Tow, Inc.

The Seventh Circuit upholds the Coast Guard's imposition of a $350 civil penalty under §311(b)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act on the owner of a barge from which oil was spilled into navigable waters because of the act or omission of a third party. The court acknowledges that causatio...

United States v. Tivian Labs., Inc.

The First Circuit rejects challenges to the constitutionality of §114 of the Clean Air Act and §308 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, which authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to require a discharger to provide the Agency with information concerning manufacturing processes and ...

Dow Chem., USA v. Consumer Prod. Safety Comm'n

The court invalidates and preliminarily enjoins implementation of a rule promulgated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) relating to the classification, evaluation, and regulation of carcinogenic substances in consumer products. After finding jurisdiction to hear the suit under 28 U.S.C...