CITY OF TENAKEE SPRINGS v. BLOCK

No. 84-3883.

778 F.2d 1402 (1985)

CITY OF TENAKEE SPRINGS and Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John BLOCK, Secretary of Agriculture; Max Peterson, Chief, United States Forest Service; John Sandor, Regional Forester; and William Gee, Forest Supervisor, Defendants-Appellees, and Alaska Lumber & Pulp Co., Inc., and Larrabee Logging Company, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Burnham, Findley & Burnham, Juneau, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James F. Clark, Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley, Juneau, Alaska, David C. Shilton, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before Chief Judge BROWNING, GOODWIN and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs seek to enjoin construction of an 11-mile road through the Kadashan watershed of Chichagof Island in southeastern Alaska. The City of Tenakee Springs and the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council allege that the United States Forest Service has not adequately considered environmental impacts of the road construction as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4361 (1982). The district...

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