Legal Opinion
Cowpasture River Preservation v. Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 13, 2018No. 18-1144PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THACKER, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we address whether the United States Forest Service ("Forest Service") complied with the National Forest Management Act ("NFMA"), the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), and the Mineral Leasing Act ("MLA") in issuing a Special Use Permit ("SUP") and Record of Decision ("ROD") authorizing Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC ("Atlantic"), the project developer, to construct the Atlantic Coast Pipeline ("ACP" or "the pipeline")
*155 through parts of the George Washington and Monongahela National Forests ("GWNF" and "MNF," respectively) and granting a right of way…
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