ELR Citation: 56 ELR 20008
No(s). 1:24-cv-02014 (TNM) (D.D.C. Jan 23, 2026) (McFadden, J.)

A district court granted summary judgment for DOI in a lawsuit seeking to compel the Department to update its environmental analysis for decommissioning structures in waters off the Gulf Coast. An environmental group argued the analysis was outdated because it did not adequately address the recent accumulation of abandoned oil and gas structures in such waters. The court found the group failed to establish a discrete and mandatory duty that the court could order DOI to perform, and that the suit presented an impermissible programmatic challenge. It granted summary judgment for DOI.