Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
1983 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 462 U.S. 87 (1983), is a United States Supreme Court decision that held valid a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rule that during the licensing of nuclear power plants, the permanent storage of nuclear waste should be assumed to have no environmental impact.[1]
Quick Facts Baltimore Gas and Elec. Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Argued March 1, 1983 Decided June 6, 1983 ...
Baltimore Gas and Elec. Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. | |
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Argued March 1, 1983 Decided June 6, 1983 | |
Full case name | Baltimore Gas & Elec. Co., Et Al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. |
Citations | 462 U.S. 87 (more) 103 S. Ct. 2246; 76 L. Ed. 2d 437; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 48 |
Case history | |
Prior | Natural Resources Defence Council, Inc. v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 685 F.2d 459 (D.C. Cir. 1982); cert. granted, 459 U.S. 1034 (1982). |
Holding | |
The NRC complied with NEPA, and its decision is not arbitrary or capricious within the meaning of § 10(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | O'Connor, joined by Burger, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Rehnquist, Stevens |
Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
National Environmental Policy Act, Administrative Procedure Act |
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