ELR Citation: 40 ELR 20030
No(s). 2:07-cv-00199-CW (D. Utah Nov 16, 2010)

A district court held that environmental groups lack standing to challenge three decisions by the BLM and a decision by the Interior Board of Land Appeals concerning 39 federal oil and gas leases in Utah. The groups do not have standing because they have not shown that their members have suffered an injury-in-fact. Because the members’ past visitations to the land at issue do nothing more than create isolated visits to the areas in question, more specificity is required in their future planning to remove the injury from the "speculative" realm and place it within the realm of "concrete" and "imminent." Simply declaring their intent to return within the course of one year does not suffice.