Legal Opinion
Government of the Province of Manitoba v. Norton
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 10, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2002-2057PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge
The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. (2012), is designed to ensure that federal officials seriously study the environmental effects and implications of any major federal action before proceeding. As this aged litigation makes clear, NEPA’s requirements cannot be sidestepped. In the end, however, NEPA does not dictate the outcome of an agency decision. As long as the federal agency has adequately identified its options, seriously studied and evaluated the consequences of each, identified and adopted…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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