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Committee for Auto Responsibility v. Solomon

The court affirms the district court's dismissal of a suit seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against the operation of a federally owned parking lot in downtown Washington, D.C. Plaintiffs and their members have standing to challenge defendants' failure to comply with the requirements of the ...

Dow Chem. Co. v. Blum

The court rejects a challenge to an order by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suspending on an emergency basis several uses of the herbicides 2,4,5-T and Silvex. Under §6(c)(3) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Administrator of the EPA is authorized to suspend...

Crown Simpson Pulp Co. v. Costle

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...

Chrysler Corp. v. EPA

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...

Cleveland Elec. Illuminating Co. v. EPA

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...

Dow Chem. Co. v. EPA

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...

Application of Portland Gen. Co.

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 ...

Continued Action on Transp. & Env't v. Adams

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...

Young v. Tennessee Valley Auth.

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...