Legal Opinion
Montana Environmental Information Center v. Stone-Manning
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 2014No. 13-35107PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a challenge to potential approval of a surface mining permit is ripe for judicial review.
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Montana Environmental Information Center and Sierra Club (collectively, “MEIC”) sued Tracy Stone-Manning, the Director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, in her official capacity. MEIC claims that Stone-Manning will violate duties imposed by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (“SMCRA”), 30 U.S.C. §§ 1201-1328, by approving a pending application for Area B of the Rosebud Mine. Invoking the statute’s citizen-suit…
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