Touret v. National Aeronautics & Space Administration

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

TORRES, Chief Judge.

Introduction

The plaintiffs brought this' action for declaratory judgment pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321, et seq., and the Administrative Procedures Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706, to enjoin Brown University (“Brown”) from constructing a life sciences building (the “LSB”) and to declare erroneous a finding by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) and the Department of Energy (“DOE”) that construction of the LSB would have no significant impact on the environment.

The…