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Recent Cases, Cornelia H. Boozman, R. Preston Bolt, Jr., Kenneth L. Stewart

Vanderbilt Law Review

Administrative Law--Ripeness--Agency Head's Informal Opinion Letters Held Unripe for Review When No Substantial Hardship Placed on Parties

Cornelia H. Boozman

The basic premise of the ripeness doctrine is that judicial machinery should operate only on concrete problems that are present or imminent, not on problems that are abstract, hypothetical,or remote... The Supreme Court articulated a more definitive standard for determining ripeness in "Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner." Espousing what it considered to be the basic rationale of the ripeness doctrine, avoidance of premature adjudication of discretionary administrative policies, the Court established a procedure for evaluating the ripeness issue in challenges to …

Kleppe V. Sierra Club, 427 U.S. 390 (1976), Martha L. Harrell

Florida State University Law Review

Environmental Law- NEPA- REGIONAL IMPACT STATEMENT IS NOT REQUIRED IN THE ABSENCE OF FORMAL PROPOSAL FOR REGIONAL ACTIVITY.

The Economic Superpowers And The Environment: The United States, The Soviet Union, And Japan By Donald R. Kelley, Kenneth R. Stunkel And Richard R. Westcott, Jeffrey Silverman

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Environmental Impact Reports Under The California Environmental Quality Act: The New Legal Framework, Richard G. Hildreth

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Note: Federal Common Law Remedies For The Abatement Of Water Pollution, James D. Kakoullis

Fordham Urban Law Journal

As a result of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Illinois v. City of Milwaukee, federal common law, a new and potentially effective remedy, has been made available to parties seeking relief in water pollution cases in the federal courts. However, the possibility of non-sovereign parties using federal common law remedies to protect the waterways may be severely diminished as several federal courts have restricted such remedies to suits involving interstate waterways. This Note will examine the effect of these decisions on the ability of parties to initiate waterway pollution suits based on the federal common law and consider whether …

Legislative Note, Metallic Mining And Reclamation In Michigan: Environmental Management As A Gentler Approach, John Dernbach

John C. Dernbach

No abstract provided.