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GULF RESTORATION NETWORK v. SALAZAR

Nos. 10-60411, 10-60413 to 10-60416, 10-60417, 10-60468, 10-60475, 10-60483, 10-60488, 10-60489, 10-60491, 10-60496, 10-60499, 10-60500 and 10-60490.

683 F.3d 158 (2012)

GULF RESTORATION NETWORK, INC.; Sierra Club, Inc., Petitioners, v. Ken SALAZAR, Secretary of the Department of Interior; Wilma Lewis, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; Michael R. Bromwich, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior, Respondents. Center For Biological Diversity, Petitioner, v. Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Department of Interior; Michael R. Bromwich, Director of the Minerals Management Service; Minerals Management Service, Respondents. Center For Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Incorporated, Petitioners, v. Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Department of Interior; Michael R. Bromwich, Director of the Minerals Management Service; Minerals Management Service, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Guest , Alisa Ann Coe , Monica K. Reimer (argued), Earthjustice, Tallahassee, FL, Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer & Associates, Harvey, LA, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Wiygul, Ocean Springs, MS, Adam Babich (argued), Tulane University, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, New Orleans, LA, Marc David Fink , Center for Biological Diversity, Duluth, MN, Jaclyn Lopez, Cari Miyoko Sakashita, Center for Biological Diversity, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners.

Sambhav Nott Sankar , David C. Shilton (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, John Emad Arbab , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., App. Section, Eric H. Holder, Jr. , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Reginald Ross Smith , Tracey Maria Robertson , King & Spalding, L.L.P., Sharon Marie Mattox , Gwendolyn Johnson Samora , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Charles J. Engel, III , Ashley Charles Parrish , King & Spalding, L.L.P., Steven Joseph Rosenbaum (argued), Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Michael Butler Wigmore , Sandra P. Franco , Thomas Richard Lotterman , Bingham McCutchen, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Douglas C. Longman, Jr. , Carmen Marie Rodriguez , Jones Walker , Lafayette, LA, Gerald F. Slattery, Jr. , Slattery, Marino & Roberts, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Intervenors.

Steven Joseph Rosenbaum , Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for American Petroleum Institute, Intern. Ass'n of Drilling Contractors, Independent Petroleum Ass'n of America, and United States Oil & Gas Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

On April 20, 2010, BP's Deepwater Horizon, an oil drilling rig on the outer continental shelf, 50 miles from Louisiana, exploded, causing a three-month long spill of 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Before and during the oil spill, the Department of the Interior (DOI)2 continued to process mineral lessees' applications for approval of plans for...

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