Legal Opinion
Nat'l Parks Conservation Ass'n v. Semonite
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 31, 2019No. 18-5179; C/w 18-5186PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
On March 1, 2019, this court held in the clearest of terms that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when, without first preparing an environmental impact statement, it issued a permit to the Virginia Electric and Power Company ("Dominion") to construct the Surry-Skiffes Creek-Whealton project, consisting in relevant part of a series of electrical transmission towers across the historic James River. See National Parks Conservation Ass'n v. Semonite , 916 F.3d 1075 , 1082-89 (D.C. Cir. 2019) ; see also *501 Sierra Club v. U.S. Army Corps of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- New Hampshire v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Sierra Club v. United States Army Corps of EngineersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
- Allied-Signal, Inc. v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
- Nat'l Parks Conservation Ass'n v. SemoniteCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2019
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