Legal Opinion
Wildearth Guardians v. United States Forest Service
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided October 31, 2011No. Civil Action No. 08-cv-02167-MSKPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER AFFIRMING AGENCY ACTION
MARCIA S. KRIEGER, District Judge.
THIS MATTER comes before the Court for resolution of the merits of this adminis*1227trative agency appeal. The Court has reviewed the record including the parties’ briefs (# 84, 92, 97, 94) and Mountain Coal Company’s (“MCC”) submission of supplemental authority (# 99).
Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 702 and 28 U.S.C. § 1331, the Court AFFIRMS the decisions of the Defendants.
FACTS
A. The Mine, Expansion Plans, and Administrative Process
This case concerns MCC’s operation of a coal mine pursuant to a federal…
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