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· 7/1/1974

Friends of the Earth v. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Nelson Rockefeller, in His Capacity as Governor of New York

Citations

  • 499 F.2d 1118

How courts have described this case

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  • requiring the Administrator to explain further “his determinations regarding the parking ban strategy, the necessary assurances concerning funding and personnel, and the twenty percent ban on taxicab cruising.”
  • upholding EPA’s approval of New York’s plan for reducing parking in Manhattan based upon New York’s commitment to adopt specific implementing regulations to fill in the details
  • Administrator could fully approve SIP and give state additional time to provide needed details so long as state gave adequate commitment and detail to ensure attainment of air quality standards
  • EPA could assume state would implement plan despite absence of detail
  • impact of mass transit and parking

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Judges: Lumbard, Hays, Jameson

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