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· 2/8/1991

Tongass Conservation Society v. Richard B. Cheney in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Defense of the United States

Citations

  • 924 F.2d 1137
  • 288 U.S. App. D.C. 180
  • 21 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20558
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 1697

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  • finding that agency complied with NEPA when thirteen of fourteen alternatives were eliminated as unreasonable and only one alternative was discussed in detail in the EIS
  • finding that agency complied with NEPA when thirteen of fourteen alternatives were eliminated as unreasonable and only one alternative was discussed in detail in the EIS
  • noting the regulations require an agency to \only 'briefly discuss the reasons' why rejected possibilities were not 'reasonable 17 alternatives'\ (quoting 40 C.F.R. § 1502. 14(a))

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Judges: Wald, Ginsburg, Thomas

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