SIERRA CLUB, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
John O. MARSH, Jr., et al., Defendants, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard December 9, 1988.
Decided March 31, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Edward F. Lawson with whom Weston, Patrick, Willard & Redding, Boston, Mass., and Tybe A. Brett, Portland, Me., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.
Lee P. Breckenridge, Chief, Environmental Protection Div., with whom James M. Shannon, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Com. of Mass., amicus curiae.
Anthony C. Roth with whom John Quarles, Lisa M. Campbell, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., and Thomas G. Reeves, Chief Counsel, Legal Div., Augusta, Me., were on brief, for defendant, appellee Maine Dept. of Transp.
David C. Shilton, Land and Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, with whom Robert L. Klarquist, Daniel S. Goodman and Roger J. Marzulla, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for federal defendants, appellees John O. Marsh, Jr., et al.
Peter Shelley, Stephanie Pollack and Janet McGowan, Boston, Mass., on brief, for Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc., amicus curiae.
Before BOWNES, BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
In Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Watt,716 F.2d 946 (1st Cir.1983), we said that the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. (1982 & Supp. IV 1986), seeks to create a particular bureaucratic decisionmaking process, a process whereby administrators make important decisions with an informed awareness of how the decision might significantly affect the environment...
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