Environmental Defense Collection
Manuscript Collection 232

Record Group 2- New York Office
Sub-group V: Legal Papers

Series 1: Litigation Files, P - R

PCBs

Box 1

Regulations

Correspondence, 1971-75
Clippings
Statements (EDF, EPA et al)
News releases

EDF v. EPA et al 217 U.S. App. D.C. 189; (1982)
Docket no. 79-1580

Legal pleadings
Court orders
Federal register, EPA regulations Vol. 46-48, 1981-83

Phosphates

Box 1

Correspondence, 1970-72

Soap & Detergent Association v. Sendak No. IP 71 C 301-11

Pleadings, 1971

Colgate Palmolive Co. v. Erie Co. NY et al. No. 27 (Supreme Ct of NY)

Pleadings, 1972

Media:
Clippings
Press releases

Report on Effects of NTA & Phosphates

Pattonsburg Dam and Lake

Box 1

Correspondence, 1972
Correspondence-Citizen letters, 1972
Environmental impact statement-comments, 1972
Feasibility report (FPC), 1972
Comments on dam project, 1972

Pinelands (NJ)--Comprehensive Management Plan

Box 1

Correspondence, 1981-83
Memoranda, 1979, 1983

N.J. Builders Assoc. v. NJ Dept of Environmental Protection No. A-2457-77

Brief and Appendix (EDF, NJ Builders’ Association)
Decision

Box 2

City of Brigantine v. Pinelands Commission (Superior Ct. of NJ)

Pleadings, 1980
Briefs (Defendants)
Supplement to Brief (NJ Pinelands Draft Comprehensive Plan)

Box 3

Folsom’s v. NJ Pinelands Commission No. A-1675-80-T1

Pleadings
Briefs and appendices (appellants)
Briefs and appendices (Respondents)

Box 4

Hovson's Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior C.A. No. 81-97 (U.S.D.C. NJ)

Pleadings, 1981

Box 5

Hovson's Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior No. 81-2580 (U.S. C. A.)

Pleadings
Brief

Box 6

Matlack v. Burlington Board of Freely Chosen Freeholders No. L-67582-81 (Superior Ct. of NJ)

Pleadings, 1982
Briefs:
Amicus Curiae
Plaintiffs
Defendants

Box 7

Matlack v. Burlington Board of Chosen Freeholders No. L-67582 (1983)

Briefs (Plaintiff, Amicus)
Testimony Transcripts

Box 8

Matlack v. Burlington Board of Chosen Freeholders No. L-67582 (1983)

Exhibits, 1983

Box 9

Matlack v. Burlington Board of Freely Chosen Freeholders No. A-6022-8T3 (1984)

Pleadings
Briefs

Box 10

EDF et al. v. Oxley et al. OAL No. EPC-8028-83

Pleadings
Transcript of Testimony

Box 11

EDF et al. v. Oxley et al. OAL No. EPC-8028-83

Document Production:
Pinelands Commission meeting minutes
Stafford Planning Board correspondence & minutes
Stafford Master Plan & updates
Stafford Planning Board natural resource inventory
Stafford Town Zoning Ordinance No. 77-22 Pinelands

Prattsville Pumped Storage Project

Box 1

PASNY No. 2729 before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Case description
Application for Construction of the Prattsville Pumped Storage Project
Pleadings, 1979-81

Box 2

PASNY No. 2729 before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Briefs:
Pre-trial briefs
Trial

Box 3

PASNY No. 2729 before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Briefs, 1982:

NY Dept of Environmental Conservation
FERC staff
Power Authority of the State of NY
Catskill Center for Conservation & Development
City of New York
NY Dept of Environmental Conservation
Power Authority of the State of NY

Box 4

PASNY No. 2729 before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Testimony:
Alternatives to Prattsville Project
Chas. T. Main, Inc.
Cost of Construction
Environmental Impacts
Fish populations
Power Authority of the State of NY (PASNY)
Socio-economic impacts
Cascade, Inc
Environmental Impacts
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Box 5

PASNY No. 2729 before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Testimony continued, 1981-82:
Assemblyman Maurice Hinchey
NYS Dept. of Public Service
NYS Energy Office
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Power Authority of the State of NY
Schoharie Valley
Catskill Center for Conservation & Development
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NY Dept. of Environmental Protection
Power Authority of the State of NY

Box 6

Exhibits
Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Box 7

Final Environmental Impact Statement Vols. I & II

Supporting documents:
Effects on Drinking Water (NY Dept. of Environmental Protection), 1980
Effects on Fish and Wildlife (USDOI), 1981

Railroad Freight Rate Structure

Box 1

Correspondence & Memoranda, 1972-75
Ex Parte 281 Increase rates before the ICC--pleadings, 1972
SCRAP, EDF et al. v. US, ICC et al. No. 971-72 (US Dist. Ct. DC)--pleadings, 1972
US, ICC v. SCRAP, EDF et al. (Ct. of Appeals)--pleadings, 1972
Environmental impact statement and comments, 1972

Regional Railroad Reorganization Act of 1973

Box 1

Correspondence & Memoranda, 1971-75
Case description, n.d.

Ex parte 277 (Sub 2) before the ICC:
Statement of facts (Nat'l Assoc. of Railroad Passengers)

Hearings before the ICC

Testimony
Exhibits
Comments on the RR Final system plan
Proposals for the reconstruction of railroads
Statements on the Regional Railroad Reorganization Act

Media:
Clippings
Newsletters
Press releases (transit organizations)

Box 2

Supporting documents:
Financial reports to Congress, 1975
Reports of the Public Counsel (ICC), 1974
Rail Planning Manual (Federal Railroad Administration), 1976
Preliminary NYS Rail Plan Annual Update (NYDOT), 1976
Evaluation of the USRA Final System Plan, 1976
Final System Plan Vols. 1 & 2 (USRA), 1975
Final System Plan maps [oversize]

Box 3

Rail Service in the Midwest and Northeast Region (DOT) Vols. 1 & 2
Improving Railroad Productivity (Task Force on RR Productivity, EO)
Railroad reorganization (reprint), n.d.
House Bills-HR 15503-04
Hearings…on HR 6351 & 7681 Serial No. 94-38

Box 4

Railroad issues
EDF Conference on Restructuring Railroads

Related cases, 1974:
73 Civ 1330
No. 74-165, 167, 168 Briefs

No. 74-166 Briefs

Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Act of 1976

Box 1

Memoranda, 1976
Policy statement on Rail de-regulation (EDF), 1979

Section 5b Applications before the ICC (1979):

Western RR pleadings
Eastern RR pleading
Southern RR pleadings
Answer of the Federal Trade Commission
Decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission

Ex Parte Nos. 320 & 353 before the ICC (1979)

Decision

Clippings and press releases, 1978-79
Statement on 4R Act (ICC Chairman)

Reports:
Impact of the 4R Act on RR Ratemaking…(ICC)
A Prospectus for change in the RR Industry (Secretary of Transportation)