Great Basin Mine Watch v. Hankins

ELR Citation: ELR 20150
No(s). 04-16125 (9th Cir. Aug 1, 2006)

The court holds that the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) cumulative impact analyses prepared in conjunction with two gold mining permits it issued to a mining company violates the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). BLM prepared an environmental impact statement (EIS) for each permit. The fi...