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VALLEY CITIZENS FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT v. ALDRIDGE

No. 88-2063.

886 F.2d 458 (1989)

VALLEY CITIZENS FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Edward C. ALDRIDGE, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cristobal Bonifaz, Amherst, Mass., for appellant.

Leonard Kopelman, Boston, Mass., on brief for the Town of Belchertown, Mass., amicus curiae.

Alan Seewald, Amherst, Mass., on brief for the Town of Amherst, Mass., amicus curiae.

Michael P. Healy, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom James L. Byrnes, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank L. McNamara, Jr., U.S. Atty., Mary Elizabeth Carmody, Asst. U.S. Atty., Major Allan Curlee, Office of the Judge Advocate Gen., Dept. of the Air Force, Robert L. Klarquist and Pauline H. Milius, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellees.

Before BREYER, ALDRICH and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The United States Air Force has transferred 16 C-5A airplanes from Dover, Delaware to Westover Air Force Base in western Massachusetts. Valley Citizens for a Safe Environment, an association of local residents, opposes the transfer, primarily because its members believe the airplanes are too noisy. They claim that the Air Force did not prepare a proper Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") before deciding...

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