context: Where the decision has already been made and carried out, and the action taken cannot be undone, there is absolutely no function or role for an EIS. Any suit to compel an EIS at that point is, perforce, moot.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.parenthetical: suit over placement of power lines is not moot since the court could order that the power line be moved
citation_a.sentence: Sierra Club v. Penfold, 857 F.2d 1307, 1317-18 (9th Cir.1988) (suit challenging mining operations; the suit for an EIS is moot because “no adequate remedy exists _ [A] completed mining project cannot be moved,” distinguishing Columbia Basin Land Protection Assoc, v. Schlesinger, 643 F.2d 585, 591 n. 1 (9th Cir.1981) (suit over placement of power lines is not moot since the court could order that the power line be moved)); see also Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Bergland, 576 F.2d 1377, 1378-79 (9th Cir.1978) (claim is moot because the challenged mining project ended before the appeal was heard); Ogunquit Village Corp. v. Davis, 553 F.2d 243, 246-47 (1st Cir.1977) (courts cannot provide post-completion relief under NEPA).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 576 F.2d 1377, 1378-79
citation_b.parenthetical: claim is moot because the challenged mining project ended before the appeal was heard
citation_b.sentence: Sierra Club v. Penfold, 857 F.2d 1307, 1317-18 (9th Cir.1988) (suit challenging mining operations; the suit for an EIS is moot because “no adequate remedy exists _ [A] completed mining project cannot be moved,” distinguishing Columbia Basin Land Protection Assoc, v. Schlesinger, 643 F.2d 585, 591 n. 1 (9th Cir.1981) (suit over placement of power lines is not moot since the court could order that the power line be moved)); see also Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Bergland, 576 F.2d 1377, 1378-79 (9th Cir.1978) (claim is moot because the challenged mining project ended before the appeal was heard); Ogunquit Village Corp. v. Davis, 553 F.2d 243, 246-47 (1st Cir.1977) (courts cannot provide post-completion relief under NEPA).