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SCOTUS hears Utah railway case. The United States Supreme Court appeared inclined Dec. 10 to limit the extent federal agencies must review environmental impacts of projects they regulate in a dispute over a proposed railway in Utah that was challenged by environmental groups and a Colorado county. The counties want to construct an 88-mile railway line in northeastern Utah to connect a sparsely populated region to an existing freight rail network that would primarily transport crude oil. The case tests the scope of environmental impact studies that federal agencies must conduct under a 1970 law enacted to prevent environmental harms from major projects.

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