ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20093
No(s). 12-70518 (9th Cir. Apr 23, 2013)

The Ninth Circuit, in an amended opinion, denied an environmental group's petition challenging EPA's decision to grant two air permits authorizing exploratory drilling operations in the Arctic Ocean by a drillship and its associated fleet of support vessels. The permits require the drillship to comp...