Natural Resources Defense Council v. Richardson, Civ. No. 97-936 (D.D.C.)
Case Summary:
We represented NRDC and Committee to Bridge The Gap in a challenge to the Department of Energy's (DOE) plan to transfer ownership of a portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Valley, California, without first insuring that the former nuclear testing area is free of radioactive and chemical contamination. The district court issued a permanent injunction preventing DOE from transferring the area before it completes an Environmental Impact Statement on its cleanup plans. See NRDC v. DOE, No. C-04-04448-SC (BZ), 2007 WL 1302498.
Plaintiffs: Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., The Atomic Mirror, Bay Area Nuclear (Ban) Waster Coalition, Citizen Alert, Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping, Citizens Opposed to a Polluted Environment, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, East Bay Peace Action, Energy Research Foundation, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Inc., Hayward Area Peace and Justice Fellowship, Lane Country American Peace Test, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Livermore Conversion Project, Los Alamos Study Group, Nashville Peace Action, Neichbors in Need, Nevada Sesert Experience, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, Peace Action, Peace Farm of Texas, Inc., Physicians for Social Responsibility, Physicians for Social Responsibility Colorado, Physicians for Social Responsibility New Mexico, Physicians for Social Responsibility New York City, Physicians for Social Responsibility San Francisco Bay Area, Plutonium Free Future, Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, San Jose Peace Center, Seattle Woman Act for Peace/Women Strike for Peace, Shyndahai Network, Sonoma County Center for Peace and Justice, Tri-Valley Cares, Western States Legal Foundation, Women Concerned/Utahins United, Woman for Peace-East Bay, and Womens' International League for Peace and Freedom, Berkley-Eastbay Branch
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia