California Land Use & Development Law Report
California Land Use & Development Law Report
California Land Use & Development Law Report offers insights into legal issues relating to development and use of land and federal, state and local permitting and approval processes.
June 2, 2023
NEPA
Ninth Circuit Upholds FAA’s Alternatives Analysis Limited to Airport Project and No Action Alternative But Invalidates EIS For Failure to Aggregate Construction Equipment Noise
The Ninth Circuit upheld the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to study only the project and the no action alternative in an EIS for a new passenger terminal. However, the court found the FAA violated NEPA by failing to account for the combined noise that could result from the simultaneous operation of different types of construction equipment. City of Los Angeles v.