NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. v. HODEL

Civ. No. 75-344.

435 F.Supp. 590 (1977)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., the Sierra Club, Inc., Oregon Environmental Council, Washington Environmental Council, Friends of the Earth, Eugene Future Power Committee, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Donald P. HODEL, in his official capacity as Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, and Cecil D. Andrus, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

July 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Roger Beers, Palo Alto, Cal., Joe D. Bailey, Hillsboro, Or., for plaintiffs.

Sidney I. Lezak, U. S. Atty., Jack G. Collins, First Asst. U. S. Atty., Thomas C. Lee, Asst. U. S. Atty., D. Or., Portland, Or., for defendants.


OPINION

SKOPIL, Chief Judge:

The plaintiffs, six environmental groups,1 seek declaratory and injunctive relief under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq. They claim that NEPA requires the defendants2 to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) before the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) takes any action to implement...

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