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9 Envtl. L. Rep. 10000:1 (1979)

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Environmental Law Reporter

       A  Project of the Environmental Law Institute



SUMMARY & COMMENTS


Volume  Year  IX, January-December 1979


9 ELR  10000:1


Table of Contents


January 1979
New Rules for the NEPA Process: CEQ Establishes
  Uniform Procedures to Improve Implementation .... 10005
President Orders Environmental Reviews of
  International Actions.......................   10011
Recent Congressional Activity..................... 10017
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................... 10017
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............... 10018
Recent Journal Literature  ........................ 10021

February 1979
EPA's Widening Embrace of the Bubble Concept:
  The Legality and Availability of Intra-Source
  Trade-Offs....     ..........................  10027
The 1978 Amendments to the Endangered Species Act:
  Evaluating the New Exemption Process Under §7 . ... 10031
Recent Congressional Activity................... 10036
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................. 10037
Recent Federal Agency Developments .............. 10037
Recent Journal Literature ...................... 10040

March 1979
Preemption Under the Atomic Energy Act:
  Federal Courts Void California and New York City
  Nuclear Power Laws ........................ 10045
Recent Congressional Activity................... 10051
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................. 10051
Recent Federal Agency Developments .............. 10052
Recent Journal Literature ...................... 10054

April 1979
The Hazardous Waste Crisis: EPA Struggles to
  Implement RCRA;  Amendments Needed ........... 10060
First Circuit Lifts Injunction Against OCS Lease Sale,
  Ushers in 1978 Amendments to OCS Lands Act ...... 10068
Organizational Standing: Public Interest Groups' Right
  to Represent Their Constituents Jeopardized ........ 10073
Recent Congressional Activity ................... 10077
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................. 10078
Recent Federal Agency Developments .............. 10078
Recent Journal Literature ...................... 10081

May  1979
Illinois v. City of Milwaukee Revisited:
  Seventh Circuit Charts Important Role for
  Federal Common  Law of Nuisance .............. 10087
Recent Congressional Activity ................... 10091
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................. 10092
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............. 10092
Recent Journal Literature ...................... 10095

June 1979
Reconditioning the Administrative Process: Congress
  Weighs Regulatory Reform Legislation .......... 10100
State Authority to Protect Wildlife Preserved as Supreme
  Court Finally Overturns Geer v. Connecticut ........ 10106


Recent Congressional Activity ................... 10111
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................. 10112
Recent Federal Agency Developments .............. 10112
Recent Journal Literature ...................... 10115

July & August 1979
Supreme Court Relies on CEQ's NEPA Rules to Hold
  EIS Requirements Inapplicable to Agency
  Budget Requests..........................  10122
Tenth Circuit Bucks the Tide of Precedent in
  Rejecting Civil Penalties for Oil Spills Based on
  Self-Reporting ............................ 10124
Recent Congressional Activity..................... 10129
Recent Supreme Court Activity ................... 10129
Recent Federal Agency Developments .............. 10130
Recent Journal Literature ...................... 10132

September 1979
President Carter's Environmental Message Stresses
  Resource Conservation, Fudges on
  Energy Production......................... 10139
New Growth in Michigan's Environmental Protection
  Act: State Supreme Court Enjoins Oil
  Development in Wilderness ...................  10144
The President's Energy Proposals: Dramatic
  Initiatives Plagued by Environmental,
  Constitutional Difficulties .................... 10148
Recent Congressional Activity................... 10154
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................. 10154
Recent Federal Agency Developments .............. 10155
Recent Journal Literature ...................... 10157

October 1979
TSCA  and Trade Secrets: Third Circuit Upholds EPA's
  Broad Authority to Obtain Health Studies
  Under §8(d) .............................. 10163
Seventh Circuit Interprets Federal Common Law of
  Nuisance to Authorize Municipalities to Sue for
  Damages  ................................ 10168
Circuit Split Over APA Notice and Comment
  Requirements Derails EPA's Clean Air Act
  Non-Attainment Designations .................  10173
High Court Faces Variety of Environmental Issues
  in 1979 Term ............................. 10179
Recent Congressional Activity..................... 10183
Recent Supreme Court Activity .................. 10183
Recent Federal Agency Developments ............. 10184
Recent Journal Literature ...................... 10187

November 1979
Plastic Bans, Bottle Bills, and Comprehensive
  Container Legislation: Packaging Laws Get
  Mixed Reviews in State Courts................... 10193
The 1977 Surface Mining Act Revisited: National
  Regulatory Program Surmounts Judicial
  and Legislative Challenges .................... 10199


Copyright @ 1979, Environmental Law Institute. All rights reserved.

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