The court upholds a penalty of $3,000 assessed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against the corporate owner of a gasoline station. The station violated EPA's motor vehicle fuel regulations promulgated under §211(c) of the Clean Air Act by equipping a leaded gasoline pump with a nozzle i...

The Supreme Court rules that the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) does not require an analysis of the costs and benefits of health and safety standards promulgated pursuant to §6(b)(5) and upholds the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) cotton dust standard. A cost-...

The district court holds that provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency to use plaintiff's previously submitted data to support a subsequent pesticide registration application by one of plaintiff's competitors and to...

The United States Court of Claims affirms the trial judge's decision and holds that plaintiff is entitled to reimbursement under §311(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for costs incurred in cleaning up an oil spill from plaintiff's property caused by unknown third parties. The court ...

The court affirms the conviction of an auto dealer for stating falsely that two automobiles which he imported were in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations concerning emissions and safety. In documents prepared in connection with the...

The court refuses to enjoin the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using data submitted by plaintiff in evaluating a pesticide registration application submitted by another applicant under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) but does enjoin EPA from disclosing tra...

The court rules that ocean dumping of sewage sludge may continue beyond the December 31, 1981, deadline under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) unless the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines, on a case-by-case basis, that dumping would unreasonably degrade the...

The Michigan Supreme Court holds that a municipality's condemnation of private residential property for use as a privately-owned automobile assembly plant site serves a "public purpose" within the meaning of the Economic Development Corporations Act and that social and cultural environments which mi...

The court rules that the rerouting of a hiking trail in the Talladega National Forest is not a major federal action requiring preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS). A hiking trail built in the early 1960s was relocated in 1976 as part of a larger trail system. Plaintiffs challenged ...

The court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) decision not to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a sewage treatment plant was not arbitrary or capricious. Based on its own environmental assessment (EA), an EA prepared by the state of North Carolina, and public c...