Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. v. Skinner

OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is yet another segment of the labyrinth of litigation surrounding a final rule issued by the Department of Transportation and the Maritime Administration (“MARAD”) allowing four very large crude tankers (“VLCCs”) to repay construction-differential subsidies (CDS) in exchange for the right to operate in the domestic trade on a permanent basis 1 . The Court now considers the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment with regard to MAR-AD’s compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 4321, et seq. Upon…