Legal Opinion
City of Dallas, Tex. v. Hall
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2009No. 08-10890PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGELHARDT, District Judge:
After preparing an Environmental Assessment (“EA”) of the proposed Neches Wildlife Refuge in East Texas, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced its Finding of No Significant Impact (“FONSI”), obviating the need to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”). FWS then set an acquisition boundary for the refuge and accepted a conservation easement within that boundary. These actions precluded a reservoir the City of Dallas (“City”) and the Texas Water Development Board (“TWDB”) had proposed for the same site. The City and TWDB sued in federal…
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