The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms in part and remands in part the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) final effluent guidelines for the oil and gas extraction point source category, which were promulgated pursuant to §301 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). The court ...

The court affirms a district court's holding, 9 ELR 20041, that the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) may not impose a flight curfew at San Diego's Lindbergh Field. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Federal Aviation Act and the Noise Control Act give the federal government full c...

The court denies the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) request for a two-year extension of time to promulgate hazardous waste land disposal regulations under §3004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The court had previously granted EPA four extensions...

The court rules that the D.C. Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction to review the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) suspension of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations establishing operating standards for new and existing hazardous waste incinerators and surface impoundment ...

The court rules that defendants violated a consent decree by continuing to conduct dredge and fill activities without a Corps of Engineers permit issued under §404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The court orders defendants to pay a $1,000 fine and restore the land to its condition on t...

The district court rules that it has jurisdiction to entertain an action brought pursuant to §234(c) of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), 42 U.S.C. §2282(c), to collect penalties for violations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) regulations and license conditions and grants in part NRC's mo...

The D.C. Circuit rules that a company that manufactured asbestos from 1948 to 1972 and was insured under various policies from 1961 to 1980 is protected against liability in any products liability action if either the victim's initial exposure to asbestos or manifestation of an asbestos-related dise...

The court rules that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act by failing to control the number of wild horses in BLM's Rock Springs District. A dramatic increase in the wild horse population in the district has placed excess demand on grazing lands, wh...

The court rules that the Secretary of the Interior's transfer of the authority to regulate oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) violates the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration...

The court affirms the district court's decision, 11 ELR 20107, that the Department of the Interior's (DOI's) approval of a lease and plan for surface mining of coal on Navajo lands complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Initially...