Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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United States federal court case administrative law case environmental law case

Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission is a landmark 1971 federal court decision that gave strong judicial force to the National Environmental Policy Act by requiring agencies to rigorously consider environmental impacts in their decision-making.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal court case ⓘ administrative law case ⓘ environmental law case ⓘ
appliesLaw	National Environmental Policy Act ⓘ
clarifiesConcept	NEPA as an action-forcing statute ⓘ judicial review of agency compliance with environmental procedures ⓘ
concernsSubject	environmental review of nuclear facility licensing ⓘ licensing of nuclear power plants ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Calvert Cliffs ⓘ
hasAreaOfLaw	administrative law ⓘ energy law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ
hasBranchOfGovernment	judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
hasCitation	449 F.2d 1109 ⓘ
hasCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
hasDecisionType	appellate decision ⓘ
hasDecisionYear	1971 ⓘ
hasDefendant	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
hasEffect	invalidated portions of Atomic Energy Commission regulations implementing NEPA ⓘ required revision of agency NEPA regulations ⓘ
hasHolding	NEPA imposes judicially enforceable procedural duties on federal agencies ⓘ agency regulations that unduly limit NEPA’s application are invalid ⓘ federal agencies must rigorously consider environmental factors in decision-making under NEPA ⓘ
hasImpactOn	environmental impact assessment procedures ⓘ federal administrative practice ⓘ nuclear power plant licensing process ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	federal ⓘ
hasKeyIssue	implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act by federal agencies ⓘ requirement for environmental impact statements ⓘ scope of judicial review of agency NEPA compliance ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasLegalSignificance	considered a landmark in U.S. environmental law ⓘ established strong judicial enforcement of NEPA procedures ⓘ first major appellate decision interpreting NEPA ⓘ
hasPlaintiff	Calvert Cliffs ⓘ surface form: Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee
hasRegion	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia Circuit
hasTimePeriod	20th century ⓘ
interpretsStatute	Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act ⓘ
isDescribedAs	landmark NEPA decision ⓘ leading case on environmental impact statements ⓘ
requiresAgencyAction	integration of environmental considerations at all stages of agency decision-making ⓘ preparation of environmental impact statements before major federal actions ⓘ

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