CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Respondents,
Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C., Respondent-Intervenor.
Coalition of Local Governments, On Behalf of Its Members, Including Lincoln County, Wyoming, Petitioner,
v.
Bureau of Land Management; Department of the Interior, Respondents,
Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C., Respondent-Intervenor.
Warner Barlese, Member, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Nevada, and Chairman, Summit Lake Paiute Council, Petitioner,
v.
United States Bureau of Land Management; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Respondents,
Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C., Respondent-Intervenor.
Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Indian Reservation of California, Petitioner,
v.
United States Bureau of Land Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States Army Corps of Engineers, Respondents,
Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C., Respondent-Intervenor.
Defenders of Wildlife; Sierra Club; Great Basin Resource Watch, Petitioners,
Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C., Intervenor,
v.
United States Bureau of Land Management; United States Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Respondents.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted October 11, 2011.
Filed October 22, 2012.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Eric R. Glitzenstein (argued), Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, Washington, D.C., for petitioners Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife et al.
Amy R. Atwood , Center for Biological Diversity, Portland, Oregon, John T. Buse , Center for Biological Diversity, San Francisco, CA, Howard M. Crystal , Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, Washington, D.C., for petitioner Center for Biological Diversity.
Randolph H. Barnhouse , Samuel D. Hough (argued), Luebben Johnson & Barnhouse LLP, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM, for petitioner Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Indian Reservation of California.
Colette Routel (argued), Assistant Professor, William Mitchell College of Law, Saint Paul, MN, for petitioner Summit Lake Paiute Tribe.
Before: MARSHA S. BERZON and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Our case concerns a decision by the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") to authorize the Ruby Pipeline Project ("Project"). The Project involves the construction, operation, and maintenance of a 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline extending from Wyoming to Oregon, over 678 miles. The right-of-way for the pipeline encompasses approximately 2,291 acres of federal lands and crosses 209...
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