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· 7/27/1998

Associations Working for Aurora's Residential Environment v. Colorado Department of Transportation

Citations

  • 153 F.3d 1122
  • 28 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 21459
  • 47 ERC (BNA) 1494
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 17051
  • 1998 WL 419805

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  • holding that a court may consider the facts surrounding a purported conflict of interest and determine whether agency oversight cures the purported conflict
  • finding as factual matter that agency exercised sufficient control to overcome NEPA contractor’s conflict of interest based on review of agency’s substantial role in EIS preparation and review of contractor work product
  • alternative that does not solve existing or future traffic problems, such as congestion, may properly be rejected as imprudent
  • \it is clear that an agency need not independently evaluate alternatives it determines in good faith to be ineffective as a means to achieving the desired ends\

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Judges: Henry, Holloway, Lucero

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