WildEarth Guardians v. United States Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement,

ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20089
No(s). 13-cv-00518 (D. Colo. May 8, 2015) (Jackson, J.)

A district court held that OSM violated NEPA when it approved the expansion of two Colorado mines. The court agreed with environmental groups that OSM violated NEPA by failing to seek public involvement during the review process and by failing to publish notice of the resulting EAs and FONSIs. OSM a...