The D.C. Circuit granted in part and denied in part petitions concerning EPA's NESHAPs for industrial boilers. The first challenge raised by environmental groups concerned regulations that indirectly control a group of organic pollutants by limiting carbon monoxide emissions as a proxy for the targe...
The court grants in part and denies in part a steel company's and city's motions for injunctions against one another in a case involving the parties' liability for cleanup under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The company filed suit against the cit...
The court affirms a district court decision that a water district's operation of a pump station without a national pollution discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit violates the Clean Water Act (CWA) but vacates the court's injunction prohibiting the district from operating the station. The cour...
The court affirms a district court holding that a village's sign ordinance did not violate the First Amendment as it contained permissible restrictions on the number, size, and location of signs on residential property, the duration for which signs may remain on residential property, and the presenc...
The court affirms an individual's conviction under the Clean Air Act (CAA) for knowingly causing the removal of asbestos-containing materials without complying with the applicable work-practice standards. The court first holds that the district court did not err in instructing the jury that the indi...
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...