A district court held that a village lacks authority to impose storm water fees on parcels of Native American land held in trust by the United States. The parcels are situated within the village's and tribe's common boundaries. The village contends that the charges constitute fees for the services p...

The Tenth Circuit held that a congressional mandate calling for the U.S. Army's destruction of chemical weapons at a depot near Pueblo, Colorado, preempts Colorado's authority to regulate hazardous waste within the state. Since the 1950s, the United States has stored chemical weapons at the depot. C...

The Supreme Court of Ohio held that a private sanitary landfill is not a public utility and is therefore subject to township zoning regulations. The landfill owner sought a change in zoning for adjacent property so he could expand the landfill. After the request was denied, the owner claimed that th...

The Ninth Circuit upheld amendments the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) made to the fishery management plan for the trawl sector of the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. The amendments are designed to increase economic efficiency through fleet consolidation, reduce environmental impacts, an...

A district court dismissed environmental groups' NEPA and ESA lawsuit challenging the U.S. Navy's decision to install an undersea warfare training range off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. The range is to be located offshore of federally designated critical habitat and adjacent to the only known...

A district court vacated a 2009 settlement agreement between the U.S. Forest Service and environmental groups that banned oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny National Forest pending the completion of a multi-year, forestwide EIS under NEPA. The court previously issued a preliminary injunction enjo...