SAN LUIS OBISPO PEACE v. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

No. 03-74628.

449 F.3d 1016 (2006)

SAN LUIS OBISPO MOTHERS FOR PEACE; Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club; Peg Pinard, Petitioners, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Intervenor, v. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Curran, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for the petitioners.

Charles E. Mullins, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for the respondents.

David A. Repka, Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for respondent-intervenor PG & E.

Sheldon L. Trubatch, Esq., Offices of Robert K. Temple, Esq., Chicago, IL, for amicus San Luis Obispo County.

Kevin James, California Department of Justice, Oakland, CA, for amicus States of California, Massachusetts, Utah and Washington.

Jay E. Silberg, Shaw Pittman, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for amicus Nuclear Energy Institute.

Before REINHARDT and THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and JANE A. RESTANI, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question, inter alia, as to whether the likely environmental consequences of a potential terrorist attack on a nuclear facility must be considered in an environmental review required under the National Environmental Policy Act. The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") contends that the possibility of a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility is so remote and speculative that the potential consequences...

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