Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Mainella
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 25, 2012No. Civil Action 04-2012 (JDB)PublishedCited by 389 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BATES, District Judge.
The National Park Service (“NPS”) regulates private oil and gas drilling operations within units of the National Park System pursuant to the National Park Service Organic Act (“Organic Act”), 16 U.S.C. § 1, et seq., and the regulations set forth at 36 C.F.R. Part 9, Subpart B (“9B Regulations”). Directional drilling — the practice of drilling at a slant adjacent to and outside of Park boundaries to extract privately owned oil and gas from beneath the park unit surface — is also covered by the 9B regulations, but may be exempt from NPS oversight pursuant…
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