The court dismisses a petition challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) failure to veto state issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to an industrial discharger or to withdraw its approval of Mississippi's assumption of permit issuing authority. T...

The court upholds a national pollution discharge elimination system permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) insofar as it requires best practicable technology (BPT) effluent limitations, as taken from an earlier consent decree in a Refuse Act enforcement suit, but vacates the addi...

Applying the Cappaert decision, 6 ELR 20540, the court affirms a district court ruling that the United States failed to reserve water rights in the Gila National Forest for recreational purposes. Under the implied reservation doctrine, the United States may claim only that amount of water necessary ...

The court affirms a county planning commission's certification of an environmental impact report (EIR) for the drilling of exploratory geothermal wells as being in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) despite the absence of any consideration of the impact of a geothermal p...

The court affirms a lower court's ruling that §208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 requires the states to prepare areawide waste treatment management plans when acting as planning agencies for areas not designated by a state or locality as having substantial water qual...

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a lower court's decision that the Federal Trade Commission was required to prepare an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at the outset of an adjudicatory proceeding brought pursuant to §5 of the Federal Trad...

The Sixth Circuit affirms the district court's denial of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, holding that plaintiffs have little likelihood of success on the merits in their allegation that an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed coal-fired electric generating plant is in...

The court reverses an administrative assessment of a $500 civil penalty under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act against a manufacturer who was in compliance with applicable emission standards but had failed to obtain an operating permit from the state Environmental Protection Agency. Imposit...

The Ninth Circuit holds that the Department of the Interior may remove from public lands billboards that are erected under temporary permits. Appellants' signs were removed by the government following expiration of their permits. The court holds that the Secretary of the Interior has almost plenary ...

The court grants plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment in a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) enforcement of regulations providing for reimbursement by the applicant of the government's costs in processing and monitoring applications for r...