Appeals, NEPA, Environmental Assessments

Livestock Grazing/National Environmental Policy Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to U.S. Forest Service Allotments

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/21/2025

The United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit (“9th Circuit”) addressed in a February 11th Memorandum a challenge to a United States Forest Service (“Service”) action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act...more

Endangered Species Act/National Environmental Policy Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Bureau of Land Management...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/5/2022

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a November 25th Memorandum a judicial challenge to the United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) North Landscape Project (“North...more

National Environmental Policy Act/Endangered Species Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to U.S. Forest Service...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/25/2019

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a June 4th Order whether the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and the United States Forest Service (“USFS”) approval of the...more

Environmental Groups’ NEPA Challenge to USDA Wolf Killing Survives

Nossaman LLP on 4/26/2019

On April 23, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that environmental groups have standing to challenge the federal government’s killing of gray wolves in Idaho without conducting additional analysis...more

D.C. Circuit Silences Airport-Noise Critics - Time Limit to Challenge Agency's NEPA Assessment Not Extended Even Though Agency...

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/29/2018

• This week's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Citizens Association of Georgetown, et al. v. Federal Aviation Administration confirms that once the FAA issues a final Record of...more

Municipalities' Water Withdrawal: NEPA/National Forest Management Act Challenge to U.S. Forest Service Authorization

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/20/2017

The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (“Court”) addressed in an October 23rd opinion Plaintiffs-Appellants Central Oregon LandWatch and WaterWatch of Oregon (collectively “Plaintiffs”) challenge to the United...more

DC Circuit Denies Sierra Club Appeal of FERC Authorization of Two LNG Facilities

A&O Shearman on 9/22/2016

Since 2012, the major opponent of new large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects has been the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club has adopted a two-pronged approach in its opposition to LNG exports projects, opposing...more

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