Legal Opinion
Noble Energy, Inc. v. Kenneth Salazar
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 2, 2012No. 11-5114PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
Concurring opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
RANDOLPH, Senior Circuit Judge:
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to sell and administer oil and gas leases on the submerged lands located between state coastal waters and the high seas. 43 U.S.C. §§ 1331(a), 1332, 1337(a). The Act also empowers the Secretary to promulgate rules and regulations governing those leases. Id. § 1334(a). At issue here are regulations obligating lessees to plug permanently and to abandon their oil wells.
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