League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. U. S. Forest Service. País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América Tipo de la corte Otros Fecha Jun 29, 2012 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal United States District Court for the District of Oregon Sede de la corte Portland Juez Simon. Número de referencia No. 10-1397 Idioma Inglés Materia Desechos y sustancias peligrosas, Cultivos, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas Palabra clave Plaguicidas Sustancias peligrosas Resumen Plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in November 2010 seeking to halt the application of herbicides on 22,842 acres in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, including 875 acres designated for aerial spraying. The complaint raised concern about potential damage from herbicides to watersheds, riparian zones and streams. The court found that the agencys EIS showed that it “misunderstands the purpose of the cumulative impacts analysis.” According to the court, the agency improperly started with the assertion that direct impacts from herbicide application would be minimal and then concluded that a thorough cumulative impacts analysis was therefore not necessary. The court agreed with plaintiffs that the agencys environmental impact statement (EIS ) failed to analyze the plans cumulative impacts and remanded the plan to USFS “for further analysis of cumulative impacts” consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act. Texto completo COU-159569.pdf