ELR Citation: 54 ELR 20130
No(s). 24-61 (TJK) (D.D.C. Sep 8, 2024) (Kelly, J.)

A district court denied an environmental and public health group's motion for a preliminary injunction in a challenge to FWS' and the Federal Highway Administration's (FHwA's) authorization of a trail development project through a former nuclear weapons production site in Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. The group argued the agencies violated NEPA and the APA by failing to prepare an EIS, failing to consider adequate alternatives, and failing to adequately involve the public; it sought to preliminarily enjoin them from proceeding with the project. The court found the agencies did not need to prepare an EIS, that they considered a reasonable range of alternatives, and that they adequately involved the public in the NEPA process. It denied the group's motion for preliminary injunction.