Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians v. Nielson Ex Rel. Utah Department of Environmental Quality

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• observing that invalidating a challenged ordinance allowed a company to “continue with the state agency’s permitting process, knowing that obtaining a state agency permit will not have been in vain” (alterations omitted)
• stating that Part A establishes “a 7 Section 10139(a)(1)(D) also creates jurisdiction “for review of any environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to [the National Environmental Policy Act] . . . as required under section 10155(c)(1
• “Standing and ripeness are closely related in that each focuses on whether the harm asserted has matured sufficiently to warrant judicial intervention.”
• referring to “the uncertainty of not knowing whether they will be required to incur the substantial expenses and comply with the numerous regulatory requirements imposed by the Utah statutes”
• “[I]n order to determine whether the Utah statutes at issue are preempted, we must examine the federal statutes regulating nuclear power.”
• “[I]n order to determine whether the Utah statutes at issue are preempted, we must examine the federal statutes regulating nuclear power.”

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