Desert Protective Council v. United States Department of the Interior

ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20048
No(s). 12cv1281 (S.D. Cal. Feb 27, 2013) (Curiel, J.)

A district court upheld BLM's approval of a record of decision (ROD) and its grant of a right of way (ROW) allowing the construction of a utility-scale wind project in California's Sonoran Desert. Conservation groups challenged BLM's actions under NEPA and FLPMA. But BLM's decision to grant the ROW ...