ELR Citation: ELR 20193
No(s). 07-16423 (9th Cir. Sep 14, 2009)

The Ninth Circuit held that BLM failed to take a "hard look" at the environmental consequences of a proposed land exchange between the agency and a mining company in violation of NEPA. The land exchange would transfer ownership of certain BLM property to a mining company, thereby allowing the compan...