Planning and prevention, §311(j)
National Wildlife Federation v. Secretary of the Department of Transportation

A district court granted in part and denied in part an environmental group's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA's)…

Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. v. Center for Biological Diversity, Inc.

A district court upheld DOI's approval of oil spill response plans an oil company submitted for drilling operations in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Despite environmental groups' arguments to the…