9th Circuit Majority Reverses Dismissal In NEPA, RCRA Case Against Air Force

Mealey's ( February 18, 2025, 2:04 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority reversed and remanded a district court judge’s dismissal of a Guam-based nonprofit corporation’s lawsuit challenging the U.S. Air Force’s decision to engage in hazardous waste disposal at Tarague Beach, finding that the final agency action “was ripe for judicial review” and that the nonprofit had standing to challenge a procedural injury under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and can state a claim by alleging noncompliance with the statute....