ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20174
No(s). 10-5101 (D.C. Cir. Apr 29, 2011)

The D.C. Circuit upheld an Interior Board of Land Appeals decision refusing to reinstate four oil and gas leases off the California coast that were expired due to political considerations. In 1999, the Pacific Regional Director of the Minerals Management Service caused the leases, for which an energ...