Legal Opinion
Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Norton
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided January 10, 2005No. J04-0006 CV(JKS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SINGLETON, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs challenge the decision by the Secretary of the Interior to make available for oil and gas leasing the entire Northwest Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (“Reserve”), rather than limiting leasing to a smaller area that would, in Plaintiffs’ view, more adequately protect threatened environmental features of the Reserve. Spe cifically, Plaintiffs criticize the process leading to this result and challenge the Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) and supporting Biological Opinion (“BiOp”) upon which the decision rests. Plaintiffs request that this…
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