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· 9/28/1983

Sierra Club v. R. Max Peterson, in His Official Capacity as Chief Forester of the United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture

Citations

  • 717 F.2d 1409
  • 230 U.S. App. D.C. 352

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  • explaining that an EIS must be prepared when any significant environmental impacts might result from the proposed action
  • “[T]he appropriate time for preparing an EIS is prior to a decision, when the decisionmaker retains a maximum range of options.”

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Judges: Wright, Scalia, MacKinnon

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