The court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Clean Air Act vinyl chloride emission regulations are valid emission standards, not work practice rules, and that §307(b)(2) of the Act precludes challenging the validity of the regulations in a civil enforcement proceeding. EPA pro...
The Sixth Circuit vacates as invalid under §205(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) a districtcourt order forbidding the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from reallocating federal sewage treatment construction grant moni...
The court rules that substantial replacement of plant components resulting in no emission increase does not make the plant a new source under Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Air Act §111 new source performance standards (NSPS) so long as the work was completed prior to proposal of EPA's...
The Eleventh Circuit rules that municipal appellees violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) on plans to mitigate an artificial lake's impact on wetlands, and that the Army Corps of Engineers violated §404 of the...
The court holds that a consent order settling an administrative enforcement proceeding initiated by a state agency against the defendant for violation of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) permit standards is not diligent prosecution barring plaintiff's FWPCA §505 citizen suit. Section 505...
The court modifies a consent decree, 6 ELR 20588, governing promulgation of technology-based effluent limitations for toxic water pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The court sets dates for promulgation of standards for the nine industry categories for which such standards sti...
The court rules that vessels are mobile sources under the Clean Air Act, but that some emissions from vessels docked at marine terminal facilities may be attributed to the terminals without violating §110(a)(5)(C)'s ban on indirect source regulation. In 1982, the Environmental Protection Agency (EP...
In a citizen suit alleging that the Secretary of the Interior both failed to enforce the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) against operators improperly claiming the two-acre exemption and erred procedurally in suspending and withdrawing the two-acre rule, the court holds that improp...
In a citizen suit against the Secretary of the Interior for his failure to assess penalties and take enforcement actions against mine operators known to be in violation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), the court holds that the special venue provision of §520(c)(1) applies ...
The court denies defendants' motions to dismiss a cleanup action brought under §7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and §106(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), ruling that at least the latter provision imposes liability t...