ELR Citation: ELR 20220
No(s). 1:08-cv-0004 (D. Alaska Aug 5, 2010)

A district court held that the Minerals Management Service's (MMS') decision to offer approximately 29.4 million acres of public lands on the outer continental shelf of the Chukchi Sea for oil and gas leasing violated NEPA. Although much of the agency's extensive investigation was appropriate, it fa...