Legal Opinion
Mayaguezanos Por La Salud Y El Ambiente v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 21, 1999No. 99-1412PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
On February 3,1998, the Pacific Swan, a British-flag freighter carrying a cargo of vitrified high-level nuclear waste, passed through the Mona Passage, a stretch of seas between the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. It was bound for Japan, by wayof the Panama Canal, from France. A day earlier, a group of fishermen and environmental organizations from western Puerto Rico, fearing an accident or maritime disaster, brought this action for an injunction to stop the shipment until the United States filed an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the…
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