The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals rules that it is the proper court of venue for review of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) 1980 consolidated permit regulations (CPRs) issued pursuant to four pollution control statutes. Three of the four statutes require exclusive judici...

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals dismisses for lack of jurisdiction petitions for review of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders suspending use of pesticides containing heptachlor and chlordane. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) one may obtain judicial r...

The district court rules that the General Services Administration (GSA) did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in awarding a lease for office and courtroom space. Pursuant to §302(c)(10) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, GSA requested offers for ...

Reversing the district court, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that pursuant to §113 of the Clean Air Act the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may institute an enforcement action directly against the State of Ohio seeking relief from the state's alleged refusal to enforce that part of ...

The court affirms the lower court's order directing the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations implementing the reclamation laws requiring holders of contracts for water from federal reclamation projects to sell landholdings in excess of 160 acres. Appellee argued that the lack of regul...

Denying defendant's motion for summary judgment, the court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may recover civil penalties from a state government for violations of the Clean Air Act. EPA sued the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction pursuant to §113 of the Act, seeking...

The court vacates an opinion of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior interpreting §603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) to require imposition of restrictions upon mineral development by oil and gas lessees on lands being considered by the Bureau of Land Management...

The court issues a preliminary injunction to enjoin enforcement of orders issued pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) against a coal tipple that operates independently of a surface coal mine. Plaintiff operated both a surface coal mine and a coal tipple at the same loca...

The court upholds the constitutionality of Florida's Air and Water Pollution Control Act. The Act, which makes it a crime to cause pollution that harms human, animal, or plant life, is not unconstitutionally vague because it defines pollution in commonly used words that put persons of common intelli...

The court rules that the State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) properly issued two national pollution discharge elimination system (NPDES) permits requiring compliance with federal and state secondary sewage treatment requirements prior to the July 1, 1977, deadline established by the Federal ...