SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE v. NORTON

No. CIV.A.02-1868 JR.

237 F.Supp.2d 48 (2002)

SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gale NORTON, Secretary, Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants, Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H.M. Bloch, Heidi J. McIntosh, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT, Katherine A. Meyer, Meyer & Glitzenstein, Sharon Buccino, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Donna S. Fitzgerald, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants.

J. Mark Ward, Utah Attorney Generals Office, Salt Lake City, UT, for defendants-intervenors.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERTSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are a group of environmental organizations that challenge a decision of the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) upholding the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) approval of a seismic and oil gas exploration project in Grand County, Utah. Plaintiffs contend that BLM failed to take a "hard look" at the environmental impact of the project and to adequately consider alternative plans, in violation of the...

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