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ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC. v. ARMSTRONG

Nos. 72-2997, 72-3170.

487 F.2d 814 (1973)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ellis ARMSTRONG, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, and The Sierra Club, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ellis ARMSTRONG, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 9, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Edginton (argued), Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., Michael W. Palmer (argued), Thomas J. Graff, the Environmental Defense Fund, Berkeley, Cal., Harry D. Page, Paul A. Dezurick, Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edmund B. Clark, (argued), Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Thomas J. Shepard, (argued), Robert C. Morrison, Neumiller, Beardslee, Siegert, Glahn, Shepard & Greene, Stockton, Cal., Kent Frizzell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., David E. Golay, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Richard W. Dickenson, County Counsel, Michael N. Garrigan, Deputy County Counsel, Stockton, Cal., Douglas N. King, George R. Hyde, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Paul R. Haerle, Joseph A. Darrell, Thelen, Marrin Johnson & Bridges, P. H. McCarthy, Jr., McCarthy, Johnson & Miller, San Francisco, Cal., D. Steven Blake, Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before HASTIE, TRASK and CHOY, Circuit Judges.

TRASK, Circuit Judge:

This is another case challenging the adequacy of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. (NEPA). The statement was filed because a public works project known as the New Melones Dam across the Stanislaus River in California constituted a "major Federal action" which would significantly affect the quality of the human environment. The dam was originally...

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