Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, et al. v. Granholm, et al.
3:18-cv-00150 (E.D. Tenn.)
U.S. Department of Energy
National Nuclear Security Administration
Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Ralph Hutchinson, Ed Sullivan, Jack
Carl Hoefer, and Linda Ewald
191,330.79
Court
Null
Plaintiffs alleged (1) violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Administrative Procedure Act, for failure to evaluate the Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex (Y-12) Modernization Plan, the Extended Life Program and the reduced-scope Uranium Processing Facility in a new or supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), (2) the NEPA performed was insufficient for certain activities that relied upon the use of “categorical exclusions” and failed to properly analyze information presented in a USGS 2014 seismic hazards maps. The court ruled that some of the categorical exclusions were deficient and remanded the case to perform further NEPA analysis related to seismic hazards at Y-12.