ELR Citation: ELR 20145
No(s). 08-1927 (N.D. Cal. Jun 30, 2009)

A district court held that the USDA's 2008 National Forest System land management planning rule violates NEPA and the ESA. Although the USDA prepared an EIS prior to promulgating the 2008 rule, the EIS does not actually analyze the environmental effects of implementing the rule. Instead, the EIS rep...