Legal Opinion

Fisheries Survival Fund v. Jewell

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided February 15, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2016-2409PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TANYA S. CHUTKAN, United States District Judge

This case involves the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (“BOEM”) plan to lease to Statoil Wind. US, LLC. a large nautical area off the coast of-New York-for the development of a wind energy facility. Plaintiffs brought suit challenging BOEM’s alleged failure to properly comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1331-56, prior to the issuance of the lease to Statoil. Before the court is Plaintiffs' motion for a…

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