Environmentalists Push To Subject Agencies’ Permit Applications To NEPA

A Guam community group is asking a federal appellate court to reinstate its challenge to a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit for the Air Force to conduct open burn/open detonation (OB/OD) of waste explosives on the territory, in an effort to subject federal agencies to environmental review mandates when they seek such permits. Earthjustice, on behalf of Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian, a Guam-based group, filed an Oct. 18 notice of appeal informing the federal district court in Guam...