In a Letter Opinion to counsel, the court rules that plaintiffs, as residents of a nearby city, have standing to maintain this NEPA challenge to construction of a Navy housing project on dune land adjacent to a state park. Plaintiffs' use of the adjoining park for recreation and their interest in se...

The court preliminarily enjoins reconstruction of an existing lock and dam on the upper Mississippi River until the project receives congressional authorization and the Corps of Engineers prepares an adequate NEPA impact statement. The proposed reconstruction requires congressional consent under 33 ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturns as arbitrary and capricious regulations promulgated by EPA under §211(c) (1)(A) of the Clean Air Act which provide for the phased reduction of the lead content of motor vehicle gasoline. The statutory provision requires a factually supported ...

The Supreme Court of California, sitting en banc, rules, in a 4-3 decision, that the city of Los Angeles failed to comply with the requirements of the state Environmental Quality Act when it established oil drilling districts for the drilling of two test wells near a state beach without first issuin...

The court refuses to enjoin construction of a $45 million dam and reservoir pending completion of a NEPA impact statement, finding that neither the application by the city of Los Angeles for federal reimbursement funds nor the city's "meticulous attention to Federal requirements" has made the projec...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirms a lower court's issuance of an injunction against further construction on a runway project at Logan Airport in Boston until the Massachusetts Port Authority has published a final environmental impact report in compliance with the state Environmental P...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reduces from $4,500,000 to $1,000 the bond that plaintiffs must post in order for a previously granted injunction pending appeal to take effect in an action to compel preparation of a NEPA impact statement prior to expansion of the San Francisco International Airpo...

The U.S. Forest Service is enjoined from proceeding with its planned application of the herbicides 2,4,5 T and 2,4 D to certain areas within the Nicolet and Chequamegon National Forests until a NEPA impact statement has been prepared. The project would irreparably damage the quality of the human env...

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the EPA Administrator's decision to suspend the registrations and prohibit the manufacture and sale of the pesticides aldrin and dieldrin. The suspension order represents a rational exercise of the broad discretion conferred on the Administrator by the Feder...

The environmental impact statement for an interstate highway construction project which will obtain necessary fill by excavating a portion of the site of a canal proposed as part of the California Water Project satisfies the requirements of NEPA. The trial court did not err in concluding that the EI...