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Save the Peaks Coalition v. US Forest Service.

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Feb 9, 2012
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Juez
Smith, M.D.
Clifford Wallace, J.
Noonan, J.T.
Número de referencia
No. 10-17896
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Agua, Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Desalinación del agua Normas sobre calidad del agua Toxicidad/envenenamiento Calidad de las aguas dulces/contaminación de las aguas dulces Manejo de recursos hídricos Agua potable
Resumen
In a suit alleging that the United States Forest Service (USFS) violated the National Environmental Protection Act by permitting a ski resort operator to produce artificial snow using reclaimed water, the district court's grant of the defendants' motions for summary judgment is affirmed, where: 1) laches did not apply because the defendants could not demonstrate that they suffered prejudice; but 2) the USFS took the requisite "hard look" at the possibility and the risks of persons ingesting snow made from reclaimed water; and 3) USFS did not fail to ensure the scientific integrity of its analysis in considering the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's conclusions as to the safety of the reclaimed water. The Court considered that although it is apparent to us that the “new” plaintiffs and their counsel have grossly abused the judicial process by strategically holding back claims that could have, and should have, been asserted in the first lawsuit (and would have been decided earlier but for counsel’s procedural errors in raising those claims), it was compelled to hold that laches does not apply here because the USFS and ASRLP cannot demonstrate that they suffered prejudice, as defined by the case law.
Texto completo
COU-158097.pdf