Western Energy Alliance v. Salazar

ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20264
No(s). 10-CV-237F (D. Wyo. Aug 12, 2011)

A district court vacated two internal DOI guidance documents that address and limit the use of §390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which establishes a "rebuttable presumption" that a categorical exclusion from review under NEPA would apply to certain oil and gas development activities on federal...