The court grants in part and denies in part an environmental group's petition to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) approval of Alabama's revised underground injection control (UIC) program for the underground injection of fracturing fluids to enhance the recovery of methane g...

The court holds that a corporation is not entitled to summary judgment on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) claims brought against it by property owners that neighbored the corporation and its subsidiary c...

The court holds that the subsidiary of a corporation is the source of trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination of the groundwater of a class of neighboring property owners suing the subsidiary and the corporation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Resou...

The court holds that a chemical company is liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for 6% of past and future response costs incurred and to be incurred in connection with the Buckeye Reclamation Landfill site near St. Clairsville, Ohio. The cou...

The court holds that the U.S. Forest Service did not violate the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) or the Black Hills National Forest Plan in approving the Hollow Timber Sale in the Black Hills National Forest. The court first holds that the Forest Service did not unreasonably interpret the Blac...

The court grants in part and denies in part summary judgment motions by a corporation being sued by neighboring property owners who allege that trichloroethylene (TCE) from the corporation's subsidiary contaminated their soil, groundwater, and domestic water supplies. The court first holds that alth...

The court affirms a district court grant of summary judgment to the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) that barred a snowmobile association's challenge to the closure of certain areas of the Lolo National Forest to motorized vehicle use. The district court barred the association's suit under 28 U....

The court denies a property owner's petition to review the Federal Aviation Administration's and the Federal Highway Administration's selection of and subsequent issuance of a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for a highway accessing a new terminal at Philadelphia International Airport. A por...

The court reverses a lower court decision and holds that private operators of hydropower projects at federally owned dams on the Lower Fox River in Wisconsin do not owe the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) $338,984 in charges for headwater benefits realized at the projects as a consequenc...

The court grants summary judgment in favor of the National Park Service (NPS) in a city's lawsuit alleging that NPS violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), and several other statutes in connection with its envir...