Oceana v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20070
No(s). 12-0981 (D.D.C. Mar 31, 2014) (Contreras, J.)

A district court, in a memorandum opinion, dismissed environmental groups' lawsuit against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for APA, NEPA, and ESA violations in connection with two lease sales in the area where the Deepwater Horizon spill ...