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Huls Am., Inc. v. Browner

The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) properly denied a chemical manufacturer's petition under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) to remove its product isophorone diicocyanate (IPDI) from the Act's extremely hazardous substances (EHS) list. E...

Humane Soc'y of the United States v. Babbitt

The court holds that an animal protection organization lacks standing to challenge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS') issuance of a certificate that exempts a corporate owner of an Asian elephant from the Endangered Species Act's prohibitions on the interstate and international transportati...

Hunt's Generator Comm. v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.

The court holds that a corporate purchaser of the assets of a company that disposed of waste at a contaminated site is not liable under §107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as a successor corporation. Although the purchasing company retained the...

Idaho v. Interstate Commerce Comm'n

The court affirms the portion of an Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) order granting a railroad's request to discontinue service on a branch line in northern Idaho and remands the portion of the ICC's order conditionally authorizing salvage activities so that the ICC may comply with the National ...

Indianapolis Power & Light Co. v. EPA

The court upholds U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations under Clean Air Act (CAA) §404(d) that base the calculation and allocation of extension allowances for sulfur dioxide emissions under the acid rain program on a utility unit's actual emissions data for 1988-1989. The court rej...

Joslyn Mfg. Co. v. Koppers Co.

The court holds that under Louisiana law, a subsequent real property purchaser and assignee of leases must indemnify the former site owner and lessor for response costs incurred under state law and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) arising from contam...

Kamb v. U.S. Coast Guard

The court holds that federal, state, and local government defendants, whose officers practiced target shooting with lead shot at a site that was previously a rifle, gun, and trap range, may be liable for the cleanup of lead contamination at the site in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compens...

Kaufman & Broad-South Bay v. Unisys Corp.

The court holds that a potentially responsible party that currently owns a contaminated site and is seeking to recover cleanup costs from the alleged transporter and the alleged originator of hazardous waste on the site may not bring a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabilit...

Kelley v. Selin

The court holds that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) addition of a spent-fuel storage cask to its list of approved storage systems via a generic rulemaking did not violate the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), or the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), a...

Kemp Indus., Inc. v. Safety Light Corp.

The court holds that the security interest exemption in §101(24) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) applies to a company that formerly held title to a contaminated site under a sale-leaseback arrangement without a repurchase option. The current own...