ELR Citation: ELR 20044
No(s). C78-165B (D. Wyo. Oct 14, 1980)

The court rules that the Secretary of the Interior's failure to act on outstanding oil and gas lease applications in wilderness study areas in national forests constitutes a withdrawal of these lands from the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA) under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)....