The CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN VERMONT, INC., et al., Appellees,
v.
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Appellants in No. 73-2629.
The VERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL, INC., et al., Appellants in No. 74-2168,
v.
Claude S. BRINEGAR, Secretary of Transportation, et al., Appellees,
Town of St. Johnsbury, Intervenor-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 17, 1974.
Decided December 11, 1974.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Harvey D. Carter, Jr., Bennington, Vt. (Williams, Witten, Carter & Wickes, Bennington, Vt., R. Paul Wickes, Bennington, Vt., Haynes N. Johnson, Stamford, Conn., Frederick Pope, Jr., Brattleboro, Vt., on the brief), for appellees in No. 73-2699 and appellants in No. 74-2168.
Robert C. Schwartz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vt., William B. Gray, Asst. U. S. Atty., Rutland, Vt., Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., George W. F. Cook, U. S. Atty., D. Vt., Kenneth A. Rubin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellants in No. 73-2699 and appellees in No. 74-2168.
Sarah Chasis, Angus Macbeth, New York City, William F. Morrill, Lakeville, Conn., John Souweine, of counsel for amici curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., in No. 73-2629.
J. G. Speth, Edward L. Strohbehn, Jr., Washington, D. C., on the brief, for amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., in No. 74-2168.
Edward R. Zuccaro, St. Johnsbury, Vt. (Witters, Zuccaro, Willis & Lium, St. Johnsbury, Vt.), for intervenor-appellee.
Before MOORE, MULLIGAN and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
ADAMS, Circuit Judge:
Two cases are consolidated for appeal here because they present an identical issue, namely, whether this Circuit adheres to the holding of Greene County Planning Board v. Federal Power Commission,1 that an environmental impact statement (EIS) sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act2 must be prepared by the responsible federal agency. We reaffirm...
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