ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20144
No(s). 13-0993 (D.D.C. Jul 27, 2015) (Leon, J.)

A district court held that DOI has unreasonably delayed agency action in the agency's review of an oil and gas drilling permit on BLM lands in Montana held sacred to Native Americans. Under the APA, agencies must decide issues presented to them within a reasonable time. Here, BLM initially approved ...