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January 2006: Third District Rules Air Quality and Alternatives Analysis In EIR/EA for Proposed Hotel, Casino and Highway Interchange Project Inadequate County of El Dorado v. California Department of Transportation, et al. 133 Cal.App.4th 1376 (3rd Dist. 2005) | |
March 2003: New Regulations Permitting Mexican Motor Carriers to Travel Beyond the "Border Zone" Subject To NEPA, Clean Air Act Review Public Citizen v. Department of Transportation ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 0270986, 02-71249 (9th Cir. Jan. 16, 2003). |
July 2002: Ninth Circuit Denies Request for an Emergency Request to Bar Mexican Trucks on U.S. Highways. Public Citizen, et al. v. Department of Transportation ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 02-70986, 02-71249 (9th Cir., May 2, 2002); related to Public Citizen, et al. v. Department of Transportation, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. CV-02-2115 (N. D. Cal. May 2, 2002) |
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Biological Opinions |
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Clean Water Act |
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Climate Change Impacts |
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Council for Environmental Quality |
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Cumulative Impacts Analysis |
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EIS Tiering |
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'Emergency Alternative Arrangements' |
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Environmental Assessments |
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Environmental Impact Statements |
August 2010: Tenth Circuit finds BLM Complied with NEPA When It Refused to Study a Phased Development Proposal as a Project Alternative Biodiversity Conservation Alliance v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, ___F.3d___ 09-8011 (10th Cir. June 18, 2010) | |
August 2010: U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Injunctions That Prohibited Deregulation and Planting of Genetically Modified Seeds Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms, ___U.S.___ 09-475 (June 21, 2010) |
July 2010: Ninth Circuit Validates Agency Findings Approving Business Park’s Impact on Wetlands and Endangered Species Butte Environmental Council v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ___F.3d___ 09-15363 (9th Cir. June 1, 2010) |
May 2010: Contra Costa Water District Board Approves Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion | |
April 2010: Citizen Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Construction of Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Line Project in Imperial Valley and San Diego County |
March 2010: Eleventh Circuit Holds Army Corps Abused Its Discretion in Granting CWA Permits for Limestone Mining within the Lake Belt Aquifer Sierra Club v. Van Antwerp, ___F.3d___ 09-10877 (11th Cir. Jan. 21, 2010) |
February 2010: Second Circuit Upholds Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Ruling Finding Low Fire Risk for Spent Fuel Storage State of New York v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ___F.3d___ 08-3903, 08-4833, 08-5571 (2nd Cir. Dec. 21, 2009) |
January 2010: Five Environmental Organizations File Suit against the U.S. Army Corps Challenging Its Notice to Proceed on the Delaware River Deepening Project Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 3:2009cv05889, filed Nov. 19, 2009 (D. N.J.) |
June 2009: Ninth Circuit Holds Army Corps Improperly Determined the Scope of NEPA Analysis of Environmental Impacts Related to CWA 404 Permit to Fill Desert Washes White Tanks Concerned Citizens, Inc. v. Strock, ___F.3d___ 07-15659 (9th Cir. April 29, 2009) | |
June 2009: Delta Water Agencies File Action Challenging Potential Delta Conveyance System | |
April 2009: U.S. Bureau of Land Management Issues a ROD and Amendment of Resource Management Plans for Geothermal Leasing in the Western United States | |
February 2009: Ninth Circuit Holds That an Environmental Impact Statement May Not Tier to a Non-NEPA Document League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. U.S. Forest Service, ___F.3d___ 06-35780 (9th Cir. Dec. 11, 2008) |
January 2009: Shell’s Plans for Oil Exploration Off the Artic National Wildlife Refuge Temporarily Thwarted By Adverse Ninth Circuit Decision Alaska Wilderness League, et al. v. Kempthorne, et al., ___F.3d___ 07-71457, 07-71989, 07-72183, DOI No. 2007-152 (9th Cir. Nov. 20, 2008) | |
January 2009: Supreme Court Finds Balancing of Equities and Consideration of Overall Public Interest Justified Dismissing Injunction Banning the Navy’s Use of MFA Sonar Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc. v. Winter, ___U.S.___ 07-1239, (U.S. Nov. 12, 2008) | |
October 2008: Coalition of Seven Environmental Groups Files Lawsuit against United States Challenging Forest Plans for Four Southern California Forests Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, et al. 3:08-CV-03884 (N.D. Cal.), filed Aug. 14, 2008 | |
October 2008: Ninth Circuit Overrules Legal Precedent and Offers Greater Deference under Forest Management Act and NEPA to U.S. Forest Service Lands Council v. McNair, ___F.3d___ 07-35000 ((th Cir. July 2, 2008) |
July 2008: National Parks Service’s Comprehensive Management Plan for Merced River once again Deemed Inadequate Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Kempthorne, 520 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2008) |
July 2008: Environmental Groups File Challenge to Department of Energy’s Tax Credit Allocation to Coal Based Energy Projects Appalachian Voices, et al., vs. Bodman, et al. 1:2008cv00380, filed, March 3, 2008 (D. D.C.) |
June 2008: D.C. Circuit Confirms Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Acted Reasonably under Clean Water Act/NEPA Regarding Discharge Pipe and Seawall Duncan’s Point Lot Owners Association Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, ___F.3d___ 05-1421, 06-1157, 06-1325, (D.C. Cir. April 15, 2008) | |
June 2008: Environmental Organizations Challenge U.S. Forest Service’s Renewal of Grazing Permits in California Western Watersheds Project, et al. v. U.S. Forest Service 3:08-cv-01460-PJH, filed March 14, 2008 (N.D. Cal) | |
June 2008: National Parks Service’s Comprehensive Management Plan for Merced River Once Again Deemed Inadequate Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Kempthorne 520 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2008) | |
May 2008: California Department of Water Resources Initiates Environmental Review for Bay Delta Conservation Plan | |
May 2008: Federal Waters, Navy Noise and the Reach of National Security | |
March 2008: Truckee River Operating Agreement Final EIS/EIR Finds No Significant Impact | |
January 2008: FERC Staff Recommend Retaining Four Controversial Dams on the Klamath Hydroelectric Project | |
January 2008: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Issues Final EIS for Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Operations for Lakes Powell and Mead | |
January 2008: Corps Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement Proposing to Construct Controversial ‘Yazoo Pumps’ Project in Mississippi Delta | |
November 2007: District Court Finds Army Corps of Engineers’ Recent Mississippi Levee Project Failed to Comply with Clean Water Act Environmental Defense v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ___F.Supp.2d___ 04-1575 (D. D.C. Sept. 13, 2007) | |
August 2007: District Court Finds Corps’ Failure to Conduct EIS Not Fatal to Its Issuance of Wetlands Dredge and Fill Permit Friends of Magurrewock, Inc., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ___F.Supp.2d___ CV-07-48-BW (D. Me July 11, 2007) | |
February 2007: Federal District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Barring Road Construction and Dredge and Fill in Wetlands Area, Finding No Arbitrary Decision-Making by Army Corps Northwest Bypass Group v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ___F.Supp.2d___ 6–CV–00258-JAW (D. N.H. Jan. 5, 2007) | |
February 2007: Public Comment Period Ends as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Floats Its New Lake Lanier Plan | |
November 2006: FERC Klamath Hydropower Relicensing: Administrative Law Judge Ruling May Result in Fish Ladders or Affect Future of Dams In the Matter of Klamath Hydroelectric Project (License Applicant PacifiCorp.) 2006-NMFS-0001 |
November 2006: Federal District Court Rejects U.S-Colorado Compromise Regarding Federal Reserved Water Rights for Gunnison National Park’s Black Canyon | |
April 2006: District Court Temporarily Halts Intertie Project to Link Delta Canals Planning and Conservation League v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation C 05-3527 CW (N.D. Cal. Feb. 15, 2006) | |
February 2006: Scripps Research Facility Project in Florida Delayed by Environmental Issues Related to Coastal Development Florida Wildlife Federation v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ___F.Supp.2d___ 05-CV-80339, (S.D. Fla. Sept. 30, 2005); injunction issued Nov. 10, 2005; injunction clarified Nov. 21, 2005 | |
December 2005: Third District Court Holds Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Report Legally Insufficient In re Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated Proceedings, ___Cal.App.4th___ 4152, (3rd Dist. Oct. 7, 2005) | |
November 2005: Ball, Strike or Balk? Public Accountablity and Judicial Restraint in In re Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated Proceedings | |
November 2005: District Court in California Rules Revised Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan Satisfies the Endangered Species Act National Wildlife Federation, et al., v. Norton, ___F.Supp.2d___ Civ. No. S. 04-570-DFL-JFM (E.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2005) | |
September 2005: Fifth Circuit Allows Dredge and Fill Permit for Construction of Ship Terminal at Bayport Shipping Channel Off Galveston Bay City of Shoreacres v. Waterworth, ___F.3d___ 04-20527 (5th Cir. Aug. 8, 2005) | |
May 2005: Injunction to Prevent Timber Sale in Wisconsin Granted by Federal Court due to Forest Service’s Failure to Adequately Assess Cumulative Impacts Habitat Education Center, Inc. v. Bosworth, ___F.Supp.2d__ 04-C-0254 (E.D. Wis. March 31, 2005) | |
August 2004: San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Transfer Program Draft EIS/EIR Available for Public Review. | |
August 2004: Plan to Restore Flows in the Trinity River Survives Challenge, with Implications for Rivers and Streams Throughout the West Westlands Water District et al. v. Hoopa Valley Tribe et al., ___F.3d___ (9th Cir. July 13, 2004) | |
July 2004: Freeport Regional Water Authority Certifies Environmental Impact Report for Freeport Regional Water Project. |
June 2004: Ninth Circuit Halts Implementation of the Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton F.3d___, Case No. 04-15682 (9th Cir. Apr. 20, 2004). | |
June 2004: U.S. District Court Rejects the Forest Service's Issuance of Special-Use Permits Without Bypass Flow Requirements Trout Unlimited v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ 96-WY2686-WD (D. Colo. April 30, 2004). | |
March 2004: Ninth Circuit Overturns Fish and Wildlife Service’s Decision to Grant Special Use Permit for Salmon Enhancement Project as a Prohibited Commercial Enterprise under the Wilderness Act The Wilderness Society, et al. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ___ F.3d ___, Case No. 01-35266 (9th Cir. Dec. 30, 2003). | |
March 2004: New Mexico: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
March 2004: Freeport Regional Water Project Dispute Resolved State Water Contractors, et al. v. East Bay Muni. Water Dist.; Kern County Water Agency et al., v. U.S. Dept. of Interior, et al., Case No. CO42652 (Cal. App. 3rd Dist.); and Case No. CIV-F-03-5175 REC SMS (E.D. Cal.) | |
March 2004: Colorado: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
February 2004: Fifth Circuit Affirms Finding of No Significant Impact under NEPA for Texas Gasoline Pipeline Spiller v. White ___F.3d___, Case No. 02-50956 (5th Cir. Dec. 12, 2003). | |
January 2004: Ninth Circuit Finds U.S. Forest Service Violated the National Environmental Policy Act by Not Disclosing Responsible Scientific Opposition in Final EIS for Forest Management Plan Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. U.S. Forest Service, et al. ___F.3d ___, (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2003). | |
January 2004: Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court Ruling Related to Implementation of the Star Fire Restoration Plan Earth Island Institute v. U.S. Forest Service ___F.3d___, Case No, 02-16999 (9th Cir. Dec. 11, 2003). | |
November 2003: Ninth Circuit Concludes that CalFed’s Programmatic Environmental Analysis Is Ripe for Review Laub v. U.S. Dept of the Interior ___F.3d___, Case No. 02-15104 (9th Cir. Sept. 8, 2003). | |
October 2003: Freeport Regional Water Authority Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Freeport Regional Water Project | |
October 2003: Ninth Circuit Upholds Agencies’ Findings that a New Access Road to Timber Harvest Site Will Not Jeopardize or Significantly Impact Grizzly Bear Population Selkirk Conservation Alliance, et al. v. Forsgren, et al. 336 F.3d 944, Case No. 02-35635 (9th Cir. 2003). | |
January 2003: Ninth Circuit Orders U.S. Forest Service to Obtain NPDES Permit and Perform Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Forsgren 309 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. Nov. 4, 2002). | |
December 2002: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Releases Draft EIS on New Mexico's Navajo Dam and Reservoir Operations | |
August 2002: New Mexico ESA Litigation Update: Parties Appeal District Court Decision Concerning the Middle Rio Grande Valley and the Silvery Minnow. RGSM v. Keys, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 99-CV0130 (D. N.M. Apr. 19, 2002). | |
June 2002: Trinity River Dispute Continues: Motions for Summary Judgment to Be Considered in July Westlands Water District, et al. v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, et a., Case No. CIV F00-7124 OWW DBL (E.D. Cal.) | |
May 2002: Ninth Circuit Orders BLM, Pursuant to NEPA, to Take a Harder Look at the Impacts of Fungus on the Port Orford Cedar Kern et al. v. United States Bureau of Land Management et al. ___F.3d___, Case No. 99-35254 (9th Cir. March 22, 2002). | |
December 2001: Ninth Circuit Upholds Environmental Impact Statement for Gas and Oil Drilling Project Off the North Coast of Alaska Edwardsen v. United States Department of the Interior ___F.3d___, Case No. 99-71397 (9th Cir. Sept. 26, 2001). | |
November 2001: Ninth Circuit Finds Plaintiff Met Standing Requirements to Assert NEPA Claim; Examines Plaintiff's Cumulative Impact Arguments under NEPA Hall v. Norton ___F.3d___, Case No. 99-16153 (9th Cir. Sept. 12, 2001). | |
June 2001: Judge Slows Implementation of Last-Minute Clinton Administration ROD for Increased Trinity River Flows Westlands Water District, et al. v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, et al. ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No.Civ.F 00-7124 OWW DLB,order(E. D. Cal. March 22, 2001). | |
May 2001: Birdwatcher Group has Standing to Challenge the Adequacy of the Navys Environmental Impact Statement Under NEPA, but not Standing to Bring State Law Claims in Federal Court Cantrell et.al. v. City of Long Beach and California State Lands Commission, ___F.3d___, Case No. 98-56940; CV-98-04835 (9th Cir. Feb. 5, 2001). | |
February 2001: Historic Property Owners Have Standing to Enforce Terms of MOA for Federally Funded Housing Project Against San Francisco, but not Against HUD or the Project Developers Tyler v. Cuomo ___F.3d___,2000 WL 1838967 (9th Cir. Dec. 15, 2000) | |
February 2001: Federal/California: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issue Record of Decision on CVPIA Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement | |
February 2001: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issue Record of Decision on CVPIA Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement | |
January 2001: Agencies Release Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report for the Trinity River Fishery Restoration Plan |
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Executive Land Use Permits |
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Federal Discretionary Action |
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Feral Animals |
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Finding of No Significant Impacts |
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Forest Land |
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General |
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December 2002: Ninth Circuit Finds Dismissal of CERCLA Claim against EPA Appropriate but Clean Water Act Claim against Corps of Engineers May Proceed Dierker, et al. v. Clarke, et al. ___F.3d___, Case No. 01-36016 (9th Cir. | |
May 2001: Klamath Irrigation Project Woes Continue as United States Ceases Nearly All Deliveries to Irrigation Users under 2001 Operations Plan Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association, et al. v. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.C001955 (N. D. Cal. April 3, 2001). Oregon Steven Kandra, et al. v. Gale Norton, et al Case No.01-61-6124 TC (D. Or.) filed April 9, 2001 | |
May 2001: Klamath Irrigation Project Woes Continue as United States Ceases Nearly All Deliveries to Irrigation Users under 2001 Operations Plan Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association, et al. v. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation ___F.Supp.2d___,Case No.C001955 (N. D. Cal. April 3, 2001). Oregon (Steven Kandra, et al. v. Gale Norton, et al, Case No.01-61-6124 TC (D. Or.) filed April 9, 2001. | |
February 2001: Part III — Pharmaceuticals in the Water Supplies | |
February 2001: Part III — Pharmaceuticals in the Water Supplies | |
February 2001: Part III - Pharmaceuticals in the Water Supplies | |
January 2001: Part II — Pharmaceuticals in the Water Supplies: Regulations and Works-In-Progress | |
January 2001: Part II — Pharmaceuticals in the Water Supplies: Regulations and Works-In-Progress | |
January 2001: Critical Habitat under the Endangered Species Act: Key to Recovery or Unworkable Quagmire with Only Marginal Species Benefit? |
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Genetically Engineered Agriculture |
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Global Warming |
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
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Hazardous Fuels Reduction Categorical Exclusion |
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Injunctive Relief |
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Land Exchanges |
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Military and Defense |
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Mining |
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National Parks |
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No Action Alternatives |
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Notice |
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Offshore Oil Production |
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Project Analysis |
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Recycled Water |
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Standing |
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Tahoe Regional Compact |
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Timber |
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Wind Turbine Projects |
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