Sierra Club v. Alexander

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• reason for public hearings by federal agencies is to elicit “input” from the public to assist agency in determining whether a proposed act is in the public interest
• state administrative body action cannot not relieve the Corps of its NEPA obligations
• primary reason for public notice and public hearings by federal agencies is to elicit “input” from the public to assist the agency in determining whether a proposed act is in the public interest
• duty applies to Corps of Engineers permit for private construction of shopping mall

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).