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Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. EPA

The Third Circuit rules that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) disapproval of a delayed compliance order (DCO) for steel furnace fugitive particulate emissions issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources pursuant to §113(d) of the Clean Air Act was invalid. The cour...

Pruitt v. Allied Chem. Corp.

The court dismisses claims for damages filed by certain categories of plaintiffs alleging indirect economic harm from kepone pollution in the James River and Chesapeake Bay. It holds that seafood wholesalers, retailers, processors, distributors, and restaurateurs may not maintain actions for neglige...

Birchwood Lakes Colony Club v. Medford Lakes, Borough of

The court reverses and remands for new trial an award of damages against a municipality for discharges of effluent from its sewage treatment plant. Discharges of phosphorus from the plant caused eutrophication of a lake owned by respondent. Initially, the court overturns an award of expert witness f...

Hogan v. Brown

The court upholds the district court's finding, 11 ELR 20474, that environmental impact statements prepared for the Ouachita and Black Rivers Navigation Project in Arkansas and Louisiana adequately discuss the environmental impacts and alternatives to the creation and operation of the Felsenthal Nat...

United States v. Bushey

Defendant, the vice president of a paper recycling company, after pleading guilty to charges of discharging industrial wastes in violation of §§301(a) and 309(c)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. §§1311(a), 1319(c)(1), and submitting falsified discharge monitoring reports ...

United States v. Corning Fibers, Inc.

Defendant, a paper recycling company, after pleading guilty to charges of discharging industrial wastes in violation of §§301(a) and 309(c)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. §§1311(a), 1319(c)(1), is fined $50,000.
[See also United States v. Bushey, 12 ELR 20175 — Ed.]
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Sabine Towing & Transp. Co. v. United States

The court dismisses a barge operator's claim for reimbursement of oil spill cleanup costs under §311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Section 311(i)(1)(A) entitles a spiller to recover its cleanup costs from the government if the spill was caused "solely" by "an act of God." Relying on l...

H.J. Justin & Sons v. Brown

The court holds that the State of California's ban on the importation and sale of products made from endangered species is constitutional and is not preempted by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Initially...

Natural Resources Defense Council v. New York, City of

The Second Circuit orders the district court to issue a preliminary injunction against the demolition of the Helen Hayes and Morosco Theaters in New York City pending final disposition of appellants' claims based on state and federal historic preservation law. The court rules that appellants have me...

New York, City of v. EPA

The district court remands for revision the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ocean dumping permit regulations promulgated pursuant to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA). In a prior ruling, 11 ELR 20763, the court held that ocean dumping of sewage sludge may continu...