ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC. v. ARMSTRONG

No. C-72-1057.

352 F.Supp. 50 (1972)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ellis ARMSTRONG, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

November 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Palmer, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., Berkeley, Cal., for plaintiffs.

James Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., David E. Golay, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.


RENFREW, District Judge.

This action arises under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. (hereinafter NEPA), which requires the filing of an Environmental Impact Statement in connection with any proposed "major Federal action" which will significantly affect the quality of the human environment. The proposed action concerns a public works project known as the New Melones Dam, a 625-foot high structure across the Stanislaus River...

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