Pennaco Energy, Inc. v. Department of the Interior

ELR Citation: ELR 20072
No(s). 03-8062 (10th Cir. Aug 10, 2004)

The Tenth Circuit reversed a lower court decision to reinstate three oil and gas leases, previously denied by the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA), because the BLM failed to comply with NEPA. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) concluded that two existing the National Environmental Policy Act (...