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8 Envtl. L. Rep. 10000:1 (1978)

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Environmental Law Reporter

       A Project  of the Environmental Law Institute




SUMMARY & COMMENTS


Volume  Year  VIII, January-December 1978


8 ELR  10000:1


Table of Contents


January 1978
95th Congress: Midterm Progress on Environmental
  Issues Reflects Conflicting Priorities .............. 10004
The Clean Water Act of 1977: Congress Passes
  Mid-Course Correction Amendments to the
  FW PCA  ....................................10010
The Selection of an Alaskan Natural Gas Pipeline:
  A Preliminary Appraisal ....................... 10014
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............... 10018
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................... 10020
Recent Journal Literature  ........................ 10020

February 1978
Attorney Fees Awards in Public Interest Litigation:
  Judicial and Legislative Developments
  in California ................................10025
Federal-State Friction Building Over Indian Fishing
  Rights in Washington ..........................10028
First Steps in Implementing the Toxic Substances
  Control A ct .................................10032
Book Review: Pulling It All Together in a New Treatise
  on Environmental Law ........................  10035
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............... 10037
Recent Supreme Court Activity . . .................. 10039
Recent Journal Literature  ........................ 10039

March 1978
Reinvigorating the NEPA Process: CEQ's Draft
  Compliance Regulations Stir Controversy .......... 10045
Federal Court Caps OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale,
  Sketches New Horizons for OCS Lands Act ......... 10048
D.C. Circuit Rejects EPA's Use of the Bubble Concept
  in Applying New Source Performance Standards ..... 10052
Recent Congressional Activity ..................... 10054
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................... 10054
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............... 10055
Recent Journal Literature  ........................10057

April 1978
NEPA  Meets the Energy Crisis: D.C. Circuit Finds
  Statutory Violations But Refuses to Enjoin Ongoing
  Energy Projects .............................. 10062
Environmental Aesthetics: New Horizons for
  Billboard Controls ............................10066
Supreme Court Holds Washington Tanker Law
  Preem pted ..................................10070
Recent Congressional Activity ..................... 10074
Recent Supreme Court Activity . . .................. 10074
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............... 10075
Recent Journal Literature  ........................10077

May 1978
Minuet Over the Mining Law of 1872: The Reformation
  of Federal Hard Rock Minerals Policy ............. 10083
Facilitating the Nuclear Alternative: Administration
  Submits Licensing Reform Proposal .............. 10087
Courts Hold Scienter Not Required for Conviction
  Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act................. 10092


Recent Congressional Activity ..................... 10095
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................... 10096
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............... 10096
Recent Journal Literature  ........................10098

June 1978
Vermont Yankee: Supreme Court Sets New Limits on
  Judicial Review of Agency Rule Making ........... .10103
Beyond Insular Zoning: Washington Supreme Court
  Requires Regional Welfare Analysis for Local
  Land Use Decisions ........................... 10108
Forthcoming CEQ Regulations to Determine Whether
  NEPA  Applies to Environmental Impacts Limited to
  Foreign Countries ............................ 10111
Recent Congressional Activity ..................... 10116
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................... 10116
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............... 10117
Recent Journal Literature  ........................ 10119

July 1978
NEPA  and the Budget Process: D.C. Circuit Announces
  EIS Requirement Applies to Non-Routine
  Annual Requests .............................10126
CEQ  Proposes Ambitious NEPA Regulations for
  Comment,  Stands Ground Despite Agency
  C riticism ...................................10129
Supreme Court Invalidates Warrantless Entry
  Under OSHA:  Enforcement of Environmental Laws
  Threatened..................................10132
Supreme Court Finds Broad State Power to Limit
  Nonresident Access to Recreational Resources....... 10136
Recent Congressional Activity ..................... 10140
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................... 10140
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............... 10141
Recent Journal Literature  ........................10144

August 1978
Historic Preservation and the Takings Issue:
  Supreme Court Upholds New York City's
  Landmarks Law ..............................10149
Supreme Court Protects Snail Darter from TVA;
  Congress Poised to Weaken Endangered Species
  A ct........................................10154
Supreme Court Voids New Jersey Ban on Waste
  Im portation .................................10159
Judges as Statesmen: U.S. Supreme Court Jumps
  Standing Hurdles to Uphold Price-Anderson Act..... 10162
Recent Congressional Activity ..................... 10171
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................... 10172
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............... 10172
Recent Journal Literature  ........................10174

September 1978
Protecting the Public Lands: BLM Stuck in Low Gear on
  Regulating Use of Off-Road Vehicles .............. 10178
Supreme Court Strikes New Balance in Federal-State
  Tension over Western Water Rights ............... 10182
Recent Congressional Activity ..................... 10188


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