Legal Opinion
Pacific Legal Foundation v. Cecil B. Andrus
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1981No. 79-1451PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court holding that the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 4321 et seq. (NEPA), does not require the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to file an environmental impact statement (sometimes referred to as an EIS) before listing a species as an endangered species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq. (ESA). We affirm.
Contracts were signed in 1971 for construction by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) of two dams in the Duck River to control the water level…
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