Sierra Club v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Shell Oil Company, Intervenors-Appellees

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• holding that alternatives which would result in similar or greater harm than those proposed in the EIS need not be discussed
• the burden is upon the plaintiffs to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the decision to proceed was arbitrary and capricious
• NEPA analysis does not have to ignore continuing regulatory and monitoring responsibilities
• NEPA analysis does not have to ignore continuing regulatory and monitoring responsibilities

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