Does a court have a role in assessing the environmental impact of the actions of the Environmental Protection Agency?
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The following excerpt is from Sierra Club v. Babbitt, 69 F.Supp.2d 1202 (E.D. Cal. 1999):
A court should not substitute its judgment for that of the agency as to the environmental consequences of the agency's actions. Kleppe v. Sierra Club, 427 U.S. 390, 410 n. 21, 96 S.Ct. 2718, 2730 n. 21, 49 L.Ed.2d 576 (1976). The only role for a court is to insure the agency has taken a "hard look" at environmental consequences. Id.
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