Legal Opinion
Hayes v. Chaparral Energy, LLC
District Court, N.D. Oklahoma
Decided March 29, 2016No. Case No. 14-CV-495-GKF-PJCPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SECOND AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER
GREGORY K. FRIZZELL, CHIEF JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) is a process-oriented statute, *905requiring federal agencies to consider the environmental impacts of their actions. This case involves a dispute over the government’s obligations under NEPA with regard to its approval of an oil and gas lease and two (2) drilling permits in Osage County, Oklahoma.
In 2013, Chaparral Energy, LLC (“Chaparral”) entered into an oil and gas lease with the Osage Nation for a portion of the Osage mineral estate underlying plaintiff…
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