West

West v. Federal Aviation Administration

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320 F. App'x 782
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 2, 2009No. 07-73094California528 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Arthur S. West and Jerry Dierker, Jr., petition pro se for review of an order of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) authorizing resurfacing and strengthening of a runway at the Olympia Regional Airport. We have jurisdiction under 49 U.S.C. § 46110 (a). We review an agency’s determination that a particular action falls within one of its categorical exclusions under an “arbitrary or capricious” standard. Sierra Club v. Bosworth, 510 F.3d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir.2007). Under this standard, an agency’s decision may be set aside if the court finds it to be arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law. Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. FAA, 161 F.3d 569, 573 (9th Cir.1998). We deny the petition.

The FAA’s determination that the runway project falls under a categorical exclusion was not arbitrary or capricious because the project entails repair, strengthening, and resurfacing of an existing runway and does not create environmental impacts outside the airport property. See FAA Order 1050.1E (Mar. 20, *784 2006), at para. 310e; Alaska Ctr. for the Env’t v. U.S. Forest Serv., 189 F.3d 851, 857 (9th Cir.1999) (agency’s…

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