COURT CASE

Great Basin Mine Watch v. Hankins, No. 04-16125 (9th Cir. August 01, 2006)
Summary judgment on claims under federal statutes, including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), brought against federal agencies involving the approval of two gold mining permits for a company is reversed in part where vague and conclusory statements in final environmental impact statements (EIS), without any supporting data, did not constitute a "hard look" at the environmental consequences of the action as required by NEPA, and thus, the cumulative impacts analysis was insufficient.
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