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Public Interest Research Group of N.J. v. New Jersey Expressway Auth.

The court holds that environmental groups have standing to bring a citizen suit under §505 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) against a state agency for violations of its national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit, and that the polluter is liable for those violat...

Public Serv. Co. of Colo. v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

The court holds that §1811(c) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) expressly waives Native American tribes' sovereign immunity from a utility's suit in federal court claiming that the HMTA preempts a tribal resolution banning the shipment of spent nuclear fuel across the Fort Hall I...

Puerto Rico Sun Oil Co. v. EPA

The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it adopted state certification requirements for an oil refinery's discharge permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), while refusing to await the Puerto Rican...

Putting People First v. Babbitt

The court holds that two nonprofit organizations that had filed a motion to intervene as party defendants in a citizen suit challenging U.S. Department of the Interior regulations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) are not entitled to attorney fees under ESA §11(g)(4), because the proposed inte...

Quad R Farms v. American Cyanamid Co.

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts a farming partnership's negligent mislabeling claim against a pesticide manufacturer. The partnership alleged that it suffered damages from diminished sugar beet yields after it applied a pesticide manufact...

Resources Ltd. v. Robertson

The court holds that environmental groups have standing to challenge the Flathead National Forest land and resource management plan and the forest-wide environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act, sets aside the U.S. Forest Service's determination that i...

Reynoldsburg, City of v. Browner

The court holds that a municipality may maintain its action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ohio EPA seeking to compel them to perform certain non-discretionary duties required by §208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). Section 208 relates to actions ...

Rhodes v. Darlington, County of

A district court dismisses claims by property owners against a county for property damage, declaratory judgment, and, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), response costs they incurred in investigating contamination on their property stemming from ...

Rueth v. EPA

The court holds that it lacks jurisdiction to hear a developer's challenge to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance order requiring the developer to cease discharging fill into wetlands without a permit and to restore the wetlands he filled. The court first holds that it may review...

Salmon River Concerned Citizens v. Robertson

The court holds that a U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) final environmental impact statement (FEIS) that evaluates herbicide use as part of the vegetation management plan for national forests in the Pacific Southwest Region complies with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The court fi...