The court upholds an amendment to the U.S. Forest Service's land and resource management plan (LRMP) for the Sylvania Wilderness Area that prohibits the use of sailboats, houseboats, and certain food and drink containers on the portion of Crooked Lake, Michigan, that lies within the wilderness area....

The court holds that the past owner of a contaminated Ohio site is liable to the current owner under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for response costs the current owner incurred there. The current owner acquired the site from the past owner, which ...

The court enters a consent decree that settles the liability of 73 potentially responsible parties to the United States and the state of Texas for response costs incurred at a Superfund site. The court first holds that the decree is procedurally fair, because nonsettling defendants were afforded an ...

The court holds untimely a land development company's state-law claims against the majority stockholder of the company from which the development company acquired contaminated land, and holds that genuine issues of fact concerning the stockholder's participation in the former landowner's waste pract...

The court holds that a housing project on land owned by a Native American tribe is "Indian country" that Rhode Island may regulate under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), but not under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) or the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Defendant-intervenors ...

The court dismisses third-party claims that past owners and operators of a contaminated site asserted under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) against a New York city that had owned the site. The court first holds that the third-party complaints fail t...

The court affirms a district court's approval of a settlement agreement between the state of Arizona and a potentially responsible party (PRP) at the West Central Phoenix State Superfund Study Area. The agreement resolves the PRP's Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Ac...

The court holds that the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) need not prepare an environmental assessment (EA) or an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the construction of two high-occupancy vehicle lanes along Route 287 in New Jersey. The NJDOT applied for a categorical exclusion ...

The court holds that the involuntary joinder of a state environmental agency by a bearings manufacturer sued for remediation costs of groundwater contamination is a suit against a state, which violates the Eleventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Local residents sued the manufacturer to recover ...

The court affirms a district court decision that the chairman of a farm implement manufacturer that contracted for the disposal of its waste at a dumpsite is liable as an arranger under §107(a)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The court first...