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· 4/4/2014

El Paso Natural Gas Company v. United States

Citations

  • 409 U.S. App. D.C. 367
  • 750 F.3d 863
  • 44 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20082
  • 2014 WL 1328164
  • 78 ERC (BNA) 1281
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 6243

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  • holding that a provision that “contains only a general follow-the-law directive .... flunks SUWA!s discreteness test”
  • holding that a provision that “contains only a general follow-the-law directive . . . flunks SUWA’s discreteness test”
  • concluding that a plaintiff failed to state a claim because under the APA it could not rely on a broad programmatic attack
  • explaining that claims under § 706(1) are viable when the allegedly withheld action is (1) \legally required\ and (2) \discrete\
  • explaining that claims under § 706(1) are viable when the allegedly withheld action is (1) “legally required” and (2) “discrete”
  • holding federally funded cleanup of waste contamination site did not render RCRA claims moot where the cleanup did not address groundwater contamination

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Judges: Brown, Edwards, Silberman

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