ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20064
No(s). 1:18-cv-01463 (TNM), 1:18-cv-01496 (TNM), and 1:18-cv-01499 (TNM) (D.D.C. Mar 17, 2020) (McFadden, J.)

A district court upheld DOI's renewal of two mineral leases that had previously been rejected for a copper-nickel mine in Superior National Forest. Businesses and environmental groups argued that DOI's authority to reconsider its decision to renew was limited to ministerial or inadvertent errors, an...