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Massachusetts v. Blackstone Valley Elec. Co.

The court holds that corporate officers and directors who were not personally involved in the storing of hazardous waste are not personally liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The court first holds that ferric ferrocyanide is a hazardous s...

Michigan v. Allen Park, City of

The court upholds a district court order requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to fund 80 percent of a sewer system evaluation survey (SSES) to be undertaken by a Michigan city under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (F...

Mid Valley Bank v. North Valley Bank

The court holds that material issues of fact preclude summary judgment for any of the parties to a response cost recovery action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The plaintiff sued the defendants as prior owners and operators of real property ...

Mt. Graham Red Squirrel v. Madigan

After withdrawing its December 11, 1991, opinion in this case, the court holds that the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act (AICA), which establishes the Mount Graham International Observatory, deems the requirements of Endangered Species Act (ESA) §7 satisfied with respect to the first phase of constru...

Mulberry Hills Dev. Corp. v. United States

On a motion for reconsideration of its earlier decision, the court holds that a real estate developer's rulemaking challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands is not ripe, and preenforcement review of the Corps' cease and desist or...

Citizens for a Better Env't v. Wilson

The court, based on the reasonable further progress (RFP) benchmarks in the existing Clean Air Act state implementation plan (1982 Plan) for the San Francisco Bay Area, holds that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is in compliance with its contingency transportation plan with respect ...

Citizens for Clean Air v. EPA

The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) approval of the Washington Department of Ecology's issuance of a Clean Air Act prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit for construction of a solid waste incinerator by the city of Spokane was not arbitrary and capri...

Coalition Against Columbus Ctr. v. New York, City of

The court holds that New York City violated the New York Clean Air Act state implementation plan (SIP) provisions providing commitments to fight carbon monoxide (CO) exceedances in approving the sale of city property for construction of a redevelopment project, but the court refuses to enjoin the pr...

Colorado Envtl. Coalition v. Lujan

The court holds that an environmental organization has standing to challenge the Secretary of the Interior's alleged failure to issue as a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) the 1991 "dollar-value assessment" regarding wilderness study areas in violation of the National Environmental...

Colorado Envtl. Coalition v. Romer

The court holds that an environmental organization that brought a Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) citizen suit to force Colorado to distribute lead contamination guidance documents to Colorado day care centers and to establish a remedial program for day care centers, as required by the 1988 amendment...