ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20225
No(s). 12-4160 (3d Cir. Sep 26, 2013)

The Third Circuit affirmed a lower court decision vacating a 2009 settlement agreement between the U.S. Forest Service and environmental groups that banned oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny National Forest pending the completion of a multi-year, forestwide EIS under NEPA. The lower court had pre...