Limerick Ecology Action, Inc. v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com'n, Nos. 85-3431
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit |
| Writing for the Court | Before BECKER, HUTCHINSON and SCIRICA; BECKER; SCIRICA |
| Citation | 869 F.2d 719 |
| Parties | 19 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,907 LIMERICK ECOLOGY ACTION, INC., Petitioner in 85-3431, 86-3314, 87-3508, Thomas Martin, F8255, Petitioner in 85-3444, 87-3190, 87-3565, Robert L. Anthony, Petitioner in 85-3606, v. UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents, Philadelphia Electric Company, Intervenor. |
| Decision Date | 25 April 1989 |
| Docket Number | 85-3606,86-3314,87-3565,Nos. 85-3431,87-3508,87-3190,85-3444 |
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San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Auth. v. Jewell, Nos. 11–15871
...of Ala. ex rel. Siegelman v. EPA, 911 F.2d 499, 504 (11th Cir.1990); Limerick Ecology Action, Inc. v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n, 869 F.2d 719, 729 n. 7 (3d Cir.1989); Izaak Walton League of Am. v. Marsh, 655 F.2d 346, 367 n. 51 (D.C.Cir.1981). We have been skeptical of the “functional ......
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San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Auth. v. Jewell, No. 11-15871
...of Ala. ex rel. Siegleman v. EPA, 911 F.2d 499, 504 (11th Cir. 1990); Limerick Ecological Action, Inc. v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n., 869 F.2d 719, 729 n.7 (3d Cir. 1989); Izaak Walton League of Am. v. Marsh, 655 F.2d 346, 367 n.51 (D.C. Cir. 1981). We have been skeptical of the "funct......
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San Luis Obispo Peace v. Nuclear Regulatory, No. 03-74628.
...a possible environmental consequence from analysis by labeling the risk as "unquantifiable." See Limerick Ecology Action, Inc. v. NRC, 869 F.2d 719, 754 (3rd Cir.1989) (J. Scirica, dissenting) (finding no "statutory provision, no NRC regulation or policy statement, and no case law that perm......
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State of N.J., Dept. of Environmental Protection and Energy v. Long Island Power Authority, No. 93-5613
...inform the public that it has indeed considered environmental concerns in its decisionmaking process." Limerick Ecology Action v. NRC, 869 F.2d 719, 725 (3d Cir.1989) (quoting Baltimore Gas & Elec. Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 462 U.S. 87, 97, 103 S.Ct. 2246, 2252, 76 L.Ed.2d 4......
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San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Auth. v. Jewell, Nos. 11–15871
...of Ala. ex rel. Siegelman v. EPA, 911 F.2d 499, 504 (11th Cir.1990); Limerick Ecology Action, Inc. v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n, 869 F.2d 719, 729 n. 7 (3d Cir.1989); Izaak Walton League of Am. v. Marsh, 655 F.2d 346, 367 n. 51 (D.C.Cir.1981). We have been skeptical of the “functional ......
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San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Auth. v. Jewell, No. 11-15871
...of Ala. ex rel. Siegleman v. EPA, 911 F.2d 499, 504 (11th Cir. 1990); Limerick Ecological Action, Inc. v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n., 869 F.2d 719, 729 n.7 (3d Cir. 1989); Izaak Walton League of Am. v. Marsh, 655 F.2d 346, 367 n.51 (D.C. Cir. 1981). We have been skeptical of the "funct......
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San Luis Obispo Peace v. Nuclear Regulatory, No. 03-74628.
...a possible environmental consequence from analysis by labeling the risk as "unquantifiable." See Limerick Ecology Action, Inc. v. NRC, 869 F.2d 719, 754 (3rd Cir.1989) (J. Scirica, dissenting) (finding no "statutory provision, no NRC regulation or policy statement, and no case law that perm......
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State of N.J., Dept. of Environmental Protection and Energy v. Long Island Power Authority, No. 93-5613
...inform the public that it has indeed considered environmental concerns in its decisionmaking process." Limerick Ecology Action v. NRC, 869 F.2d 719, 725 (3d Cir.1989) (quoting Baltimore Gas & Elec. Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 462 U.S. 87, 97, 103 S.Ct. 2246, 2252, 76 L.Ed.2d 4......
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NEPA's Trajectory: Our Waning Environmental Charter From Nixon to Trump?
...Environmental Prot. Agency, 943 F.2d 867, 22 ELR 20062 (8th Cir. 1991); Limerick Ecology Action, Inc. v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm’n, 869 F.2d 719, 729 n.7, 19 ELR 20907 (3d Cir. 1989); Merrell v. homas, 807 F.2d 776, 17 ELR 20317 (9th Cir. 1986); Basel Action Network v. Maritime Admin.,......
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Administering the National Environmental Policy Act
...once stated that the 1978 regulations “are not binding on an agency that has not expressly adopted them.” Limerick Ecology Action v. NRC, 869 F.2d 719, 725, 19 ELR 20907 (3d Cir. 1989). 370. 5 U.S.C. §706(2)(D). 371. See Native Ecosys. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 418 F.2d 953, 960-61, 964......
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ADMINISTRATIVE BULKHEADS.
...Id. at 738. (155) Id. at 750; id. at 751 (citing Baltimore Gas, 462 U.S. 87, 97 (1983)) (discussing deference afforded to agency). (156) 869 F.2d 719 (3d Cir. (157) Id. at 751 (citing Baltimore Gas, 462 U.S. at 97) (discussing deference afforded to agency). (158) Id. at 731-32, 741-42. (159......