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· 1/6/2006

TOMAC v. Norton, Gale A.

Citations

  • 433 F.3d 852
  • 369 U.S. App. D.C. 85
  • 36 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20007
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 270
  • 2006 WL 343222

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ decision not to prepare an EIS for the construction of a gaming resort was reasonable
  • finding that the agency’s decision to model impacts primarily for one pollutant was reasonable, because that pollutant was the one most likely to have a significant impact on air quality
  • noting agency’s “significant discretion in determining” how it complies with NEPA’s public participation regulations in preparing EA
  • stating that a tribe may be administratively terminated
  • “all that can reasonably be expected” of agency conducting NEPA analysis is to analyze “impacts likely to occur”
  • “all 38 that can reasonably be expected” of agency conducting NEPA analysis is to analyze “impacts likely to occur”

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Judges: Ginsburg, Randolph, Edwards

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