ELR Citation: ELR 20746
No(s). s. 86-5492, -5532 (D.C. Cir. Feb 19, 1988)

The court holds that enactment of the Florida Wilderness Act moots prospecting permit holders' claims that they are entitled to preference-right phosphate mining leases in the Osceola National Forest. The Secretary of the Interior had denied the lease applications based on reports that successful re...