ELR Citation: 53 ELR 20028
No(s). CV 19-12-M-DWM (D. Mont. Feb 10, 2023) (Molloy, J.)

A district court vacated on remand OSM's approval of an underground coal mine expansion in central Montana. Environmental groups initially challenged OSM's 2018 EA for the proposed expansion. The Ninth Circuit held that OSM violated NEPA by failing to provide convincing reasons for its determination...