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Awards Of Attorneys' Fees To Nonprevailing Parties Under The Clean Air Act—Ruckelshaus V. Sierra Club, 103 S. Ct. 3274 (1983), Ingrid Holmlund

Washington Law Review

The Clean Air Act (the Act) provides that in a suit for judicial review of an agency action under the Act, "the court may award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) whenever it determines that such [an] award is appropriate." In Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club, the United States Supreme Court held that this language permits an award of attorneys' fees only to parties who prevail on the merits. In a footnote, the Court extended its holding to sixteen other statutes with identical provisions. This Note will evaluate the soundness of the Supreme Court's holding in Ruckelshaus. …

The Role Of Localities In The Transportation And Disposal Of Nuclear Wastes, Marvin Swift, Mars M. Wicker

University of Richmond Law Review

Transportation and disposal of nuclear wastes brings the apprehensions associated with nuclear power into close physical and psychological proximity to many Americans. The subject of transportation comes with its own set of problems, including potential accidents, packaging, routing, security, sabotage, and special agency actions. Common to all of these problems is the element of the unknown. "Clearly nuclear shipments pre- sent some kind of public health hazard, not necessarily as great as some other activities do and .. .the nature of that hazard is not known precisely."

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. V. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Alternatives For Regulatory Control Of Acid Rain In The Northeastern United States, Deborah J. Hartman

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article will define regulatory options for curbing acid rain the northeastern United States. The first section will discuss those provisions of the Clean Air Act which address interstate air pollution. The second section examines the prominent proposals for amending the Clean Air Act to provide for acid rain regulation as enunciated by legislators, commentators and environmental organizations. The third section presents a two-pronged recommendation for broadening the Clean Air Act to prevent and control acid rain.

Trade Secrets V. Environmental Protection: Conflict Over The Use Of Private Contractors To Conduct E.P.A. Inspections, Larry Sykes

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Clean Coal/Dirty Air, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Clean Coal/Dirty Air by Bruce A. Ackerman and William T. Hassler

Kentucky Law Survey: Environmental Law, Carolyn S. Bratt, Carolyn M. Brown

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Under the rubric of environmental law, this Survey addresses three separate topics: air quality control, water conservation and development, and zoning. In the exploration of these three topics, relevant decisions from the Kentucky courts and the Kentucky Department for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, as well as opinions from the Kentucky Attorney General, are analyzed.

Water Resources Allocation: Reclaiming Municipal Wastewater For Agricultural Use: Outline, Robert C. Kerr

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

26 pages (includes illustrations).

The Clean Air Act And Mineral Development, Paul D. Phillips

Federal Lands, Laws and Policies and the Development of Natural Resources: A Short Course (Summer Conference, July 28-August 1)

16 pages (includes charts, maps, and illustrations).

Contains 3 pages of references.

Agenda: Federal Lands, Laws And Policies And The Development Of Natural Resources: A Short Course, University Of Colorado. School Of Law, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Federal Lands, Laws and Policies and the Development of Natural Resources: A Short Course (Summer Conference, July 28-August 1)

Even before the [Natural Resources Law] Center was established [in the fall of 1981], the [University of Colorado] School of Law was organizing annual natural resources law summer short courses. To date four programs have been presented:

- July 1980: "Federal Lands, Laws and Policies and the Development of Natural Resources"

- June 1981: "Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues"

- June 1982: "New Sources of Water for Energy Development and Growth: lnterbasin Transfers"

- June 1983: "Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution"

(Reprinted from Resource Law Notes, no. 1, Jan. 1984, at 1.)

Instructors for this conference included University …

Relaxation Of Implementation Plans Under The 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments, David P. Currie

Michigan Law Review

This Article probes the convoluted ameliorative provisions of the 1977 Amendments in three parts. Section I deals with delayed compliance orders - orders granted to stationary sources unable to meet the statutory deadlines for compliance. Section 113( d) is the fountainhead provision, and besides a general provision for delayed compliance, it also contains specific provisions for sources unable to comply due to retirement of present facilities, due to investment in innovative facilities with the promise of greater pollution reduction in the future or due to government orders to convert from cleaner fuels to coal.

Section II analyzes two specific relief …

Epa Criticizes Virginia's Clean Air Implementation Plan, Leslie Sue Ritts

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Pollution And Policy, Patricia V. Russo

Florida State University Law Review

By James E. Krier and Edmund Ursin. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; London: University of California Press, Ltd. 1977. Pp. vii, 401. $15.95.

The Clean Air Act Amendments Of 1977: A Chink In The Armor Of The Nrc

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Implementing Federal Environment Policies: The Limits Of Aspirational Commands, James A. Henderson Jr., Richard N. Pearson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Variance Procedures Under The Clean Air Act: The Need For Flexibility

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Citizen And The Environmental Regulatory Process, William D. Ruckelshaus

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Administrative Law and the Environment: National Fuels Policy

Enforcement Of Philadelphia's 1969 Air Management Code: The First Three Years, James D. Keeney

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.