STB
Oral Argument Scheduled
04/04/17 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail
Oral argument in
our challenge
to the Surface
Transportation Board’s Declaratory Order that
preempts CEQA actions from challenging the HSR
project, is being rescheduled to June or July. A
hearing will not be held on April 18.
CEQA Preemption Appeal Fully Briefed
05/18/16 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail
The appeal of the CEQA Preemption Order by the
federal Surface Transportation Board for California
HSR is now fully briefed. Oral argument has not yet
been scheduled. The briefs are all posted on
the STB
page.
Opening Brief Filed in STB Appeal
12/07/15 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail
TRANSDEF and its
allies Kings
County, Kings County Farm Bureau, California Citizens
for High-Speed Rail Accountability, Community
Coalition on High-Speed Rail, California Rail
Foundation, and Dignity Health today filed the Opening Brief in
their appeal of the federal Surface Transportation
Board’s Declaratory Order. That decision eliminated
the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s need to
comply with CEQA, due to the STB’s assertion of
federal preemption of all federal, state, and local
regulations pertaining to interstate railroads. See
the Briefs.
TRANSDEF Files STB Challenge
02/09/15 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail
In the second of two
lawsuits filed today, TRANSDEF joined a coalition of
non-profits and Central Valley county governments
to challenge the decision of the federal
Surface Transportation Board (STB) preempting the
application of CEQA to California’s HSR project.
In what we consider to be a shocking use of state
power, the California Attorney General has
previously sought to eliminate the application of
CEQA to the state’s HSR project.
On October 9, 2014 the CHSRA petitioned the STB to block California courts from issuing injunctions that could stop construction of the HSR project. In an ugly turn of events, the STB issued a ruling on December 12, 2014 that blocked not only injunctions but all application of CEQA to the HSR project. Read More...
On October 9, 2014 the CHSRA petitioned the STB to block California courts from issuing injunctions that could stop construction of the HSR project. In an ugly turn of events, the STB issued a ruling on December 12, 2014 that blocked not only injunctions but all application of CEQA to the HSR project. Read More...