The Seventh Circuit affirms a district court's refusal to enforce administrative discovery subpoenas for data from incomplete university studies of pesticide toxicity. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scheduled cancellation hearings for certain Dow Chemical herbicides based on a University ...

The court preliminarily enjoins the Secretary of the Interior from conducting Lease Sale 52 in the Georges Bank region of the outer continental shelf. In 1982, the Department of the Interior issued an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed sale. In 1983, it updated the EIS with an env...

The court affirms the trial court ruling overturning state ambient air quality standards for sulfate and sulfur dioxide because the procedures used in adopting the standards were unfair and the state Air Resources Board was arbitrary and capricious in refusing to consider the cost of attaining the s...

The court rules that the siting preemption is part of a general hazardous waste law that deals comprehensively with a statewide ities. First, the court holds that the council's determination that proposed disposal sites in Warren were "feasible and deserving of state assistance" is not a final admin...

The court rules that the Secretary of the Interior's present operation of the Stampede Dam and Reservoir project primarily for the benefit of two species of endangered fish is within the Secretary's discretion. The court had previously ruled that any waters from the project except those necessary to...

The court invalidates the Secretary of the Interior's designation of five wild and scenic rivers in California for failure to comply with Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations governing preparation of environmental impact statements (EISs). The court first rules that plaintiffs have sta...

The Eleventh Circuit upholds the district court's injunction, 12 ELR 21102, against further filling of wetlands without a permit required pursuant to §404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). The court notes that the Corps of Engineers' §404 regulations define the term "waters of th...

The court affirms a lower court decision, 12 ELR 20671, overturning a state air pollution opacity standard and the Pollution Control Board's denial of an operating permit renewal to Celotex based on alleged noncompliance with that standard. The court first rules that §29 of the Illinois Environment...

The court rules that the portions of the preliminary version of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the decommissioning of a radioactive thorium manufacturing plant that reflect the government's policymaking process are exempt from disclosure un...

The district court remands the Army Corps of Engineers' issuance of a dredge and fill permit pursuant to §404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), ruling that the Corps failed to comply with the requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) §404(b)(1) guidelines and its ...