The court dismisses for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a suit seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against a highway bridge construction project for failure to comply with the requirements of NEPA. Plaintiffs contend that the project became a "major federal action" for the purposes of NEPA...

The parties agree to a settlement extending Corps of Engineers jurisdiction under the Refuse Act to the ordinary high watermark of navigable rivers, guaranteeing specificity in NPDES permits issued in Missouri, and retaining the private defendants' riverfront land in an essentially natural condition...

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, holds five to three that the federal common law of nuisance does not authorize a suit by private citizens to enjoin intrastate stream pollution. The doctrine of Illinois v. City of Milwaukee, 2 ELR 20201, does not extend beyond the abatement of p...

The court remands the environmental impact statement for the proposed Trident submarine base in Bangor, Washington, to the Navy for a more extended discussion of alternative sites and of environmental impacts beyond 1981. The court rejects the argument that Navy actions relating to strategic militar...

The district court vacates its prior judgment, 5 ELR 20502, as moot and dismisses the action because a new plan was submitted and approved by the FAA., full_html...

The court enjoins demolition of an historic house and further construction on an urban renewal highway project through an historic district pending trial on the merits of plaintiffs' claim that the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Pres...

Affirming in most respects a decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court upholds the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to promulgate regulations which establish nationwide 1977 and 1983 limitations on discharges from inorganic chemical manufacturers. Section 30...

The court grants the motions of four environmental groups to intervene as defendants as a matter of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2) in a suit challenging the denial of permit applications for dredging and filling mangrove swamps in Marco Island, Florida. Members of these four gr...

The court declares that the 1976-1977 bird hunting season regulations allowing shooting from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset are arbitrary and unlawful. Defendant Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is directed to continue rulemaking proceedings for the 1977-1978 season but must put more adequate...

The court affirms a lower court's denial of a motion by the United Steelworkers union to intervene as a matter of right in an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement action which had already resulted in a court order for the shutdown of five open hearth furnances in Birmingham, Alabama. Th...