Legal Opinion
Scientists' Institute for Public Information, Inc. v. Atomic Energy Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 12, 1973No. 72-1331PublishedCited by 290 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellant claims that the Atomic Energy Commission’s Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor program involves a “recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment * * . * ” under Section 102(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4332(C) (1970), and that the Commission is therefore required to issue a “detailed statement” for the program. The District Court held that no statement was presently required since, in its view, the program was still in…
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