[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, DISPOSAL: "9th Circuit reverses dismissal of NEPA case against Air Force"

[Lenny Siegel]

9th Circuit reverses dismissal of NEPA case against Air Force
    
by John O’Connor
Guam Daily Post
February 18, 2025

The group accusing the U.S. Air Force of failing to comply with federal environmental law requirements regarding open burning/detonation activities has succeeded at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which determined that the group does have standing to sue and reversed a lower court's dismissal of the case. 

Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian, now known as Prutehi Guåhan, filed suit against the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense at the District Court of Guam in January 2022, alleging that the Air Force failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, by failing to evaluate the cultural and environmental impacts of open burning/detonation for hazardous waste disposal, or considering alternative ways to dispose of such waste. The group is represented by Earthjustice, an environmental law organization.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.postguam.com/news/local/9th-circuit-reverses-dismissal-of-nepa-case-against-air-force/article_35bbb622-ed93-11ef-a7a4-cf9f98dba23f.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel at cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)