ELR Citation: 54 ELR 20078
No(s). 23-15492 (9th Cir. May 21, 2024)

The Ninth Circuit, 2-1, reversed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a challenge to its approval of a mineral exploration project on land in Inyo National Forest. Environmental groups argued the Service violated NEPA by combining two categorical exclusions (CEs) when neither alone could be in...