DINE CITIZENS AGAINST RUINING OUR ENVIRONMENT; San Juan Citizens Alliance; WildEarth Guardians; Natural Resources Defense Council, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
David BERNHARDT, in His Official Capacity as Acting Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; United States Bureau of Land Management, an Agency Within the United States Department of the Interior; Neil Kornze, in His Official Capacity as Director of the United States Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellees, and
DJR Energy Holdings, LLC; BP America Production Company; American Petroleum Institute; Anschutz Exploration Corporation; Enduring Resources IV, LLC, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees, and
ConocoPhillips Company; Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP, Intervenor Defendants.
All Pueblo Council of Governors; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Navajo Allottees; Alice Benally; Lilly Comanche; Virginia Harrison; Samuel Harrison; Dolora Hesuse; Verna Martinez; Loyce Phoenix, Amici Curiae.
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FILED May 7, 2019.
FILED May 7, 2019.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Samantha Ruscavage-Barz , WildEarth Guardians, Santa Fe, New Mexico ( Kyle J. Tisdel , Western Environmental Law Center, Taos, New Mexico, with her on the briefs), appearing for Appellants.
Avi Kupfer , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C. ( Michael C. Williams , Of Counsel, Attorney-Advisor, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Clare M. Boronow , and Mark R. Haag , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for the Defendants-Appellees.
Before BRISCOE, McKAY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.
BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we are asked to decide whether the Bureau of Land Management violated the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in granting more than 300 applications for permits to drill horizontal, multi-stage hydraulically fracked wells in the Mancos Shale area of the...
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