Supreme Court review goes beyond military waste disposal for Guam residents
Source Scout · Courthouse News Service reports: The high court seemed to question when, not if, the Air Force should face environmental review challenges to disposing hazardous waste on Guam’s beaches. WASHINGTON (CN) — The U.S. military’s disposal of waste munitions on Guam’s beaches left the Supreme Court grappling on Wednesday with how to square federal environmental rules with the island’s unique territorial status. For a little over an hour, the justices examined the contours of the permitting process for disposing of hazardous waste on Guam, including whether the Air Force must comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, known as NEPA.