Food & Water Watch v. United States Dep’t of Agric., No. CV 17-1714 (BAH), 2018 WL 4283568 (D.D.C. Sept. 7, 2018) From the opinion: The plaintiff, Food & Water Watch (“FWW”), has filed a nine-count complaint against three defendants, the…
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Standing Rock/Dakota Access Pipeline Resources
PBS Newshour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/tribes-across-north-america-converge-standing-rock-hoping-heard-2/
NEPA Lawsuit Argues that Immigrants to the US Increase Climate Change
This lawsuit by an anti-immigration group alleges that since Americans have among the highest carbon footprints, allowing immigrants into the US will increase GHG emissions and climate change. This means that immigration has environmental impacts and thus immigration policy changes…
EPA Rejects Corps EIS for Columbia River Coal Terminal
millennium-bulk-terminals-nepa-eis The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reviewed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ September 2016 Millennium Bulk Terminals – Longview Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Corps DEIS), (EPA Region 10 Project Number: 13-0034-COE). We conducted our review according to EPA’s…
A Comprehensive Restoration Plan for the Gulf of Mexico
The Trustees have reached a settlement with BP to resolve BP’s liability for natural resource injuries from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Under this settlement, BP will pay up to $8.8 billion for restoration. Based on our thorough assessment of impacts to…
Cape Wind Energy Project
This is a project to develop off-shore wind off Cape Cod. It’s relevance to the Louisiana Coast is that the appeals court ruled that the EIS was incomplete because there was not sufficient geological information about the sea bottom and…
Louisiana NEPA Resources
NEPA documents from the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic
NEPA Emergency Procedures for Post-Katrina Levee Repair
USACE NEPA Questions & Answers USACE Alternative Arrangements NEPA Process USACE Alternative Arrangements NEPA Process Appendix
Reverse NEPA Cases
BEAR VALLEY MUTUAL WATER COMPANY v. Jewell, No. 12-57297 (9th Cir. June 25, 2015). “Reverse NEPA” – should an EIS include the impact of protecting an endangered species (a fish) on humans (water district managers and their customers.) 9th Cir…
General NEPA Resources
White House Guidance Guidance on the Applicability of E.O. 13807 to States with NEPA Assignment Authority Under the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program (2019) Statutes and Regulations The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended Council on Environmental Quality(CEQ)…