Weekly Cases Update Volume 45, Issue 10

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Volume 45, Issue 22

Solonex, LLC v. Jewell
ELR 2014413-0993(D.D.C., )

A district court held that DOI has unreasonably delayed agency action in the agency's review of an oil and gas drilling permit on BLM lands in Montana held sacred to Native Americans. Under the APA, agencies must decide issues presented to them within a reasonable time.

Keywords:
Energy (generally), Administrative Procedure Act (APA), BLM lands
Organized Village of Kake v. United States Department of Agriculture
ELR 2014511-35517(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit reinstated application of the roadless rule to the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, holding that USDA violated the APA when it exempted the Forest from the rule.

Keywords:
Tongass National Forest, Alaska
Center for Biological Diversity v. California Dep't of Conservation
ELR 20137RG15769302(Cal. Super. Ct., )

A California court denied an environmental group's motion to preliminarily enjoin emergency regulations governing the underground injection of wastewater produced by oil drilling.

Keywords:
Underground injection control (UIC) program, Drinking water

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