FOND DU LAC BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR v. WHEELER

Case No. 19-CV-2489 (PJS/LIB).

519 F.Supp.3d 549 (2021)

FOND DU LAC BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA, Plaintiff, v. Andrew WHEELER, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; United States Environmental Protection Agency; Samuel L. Calkins, District Engineer, St. Paul District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Ryan D. McCarthy, Acting Secretary of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Kurt Thiede, Region 5 Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants, Poly Met Mining, Inc., Intervenor Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

Signed February 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Murdock , SONOSKY, CHAMBERS, SACHSE, ENDRESON & PERRY, LLP; Vanessa L. Ray-Hodge , SONOSKY, CHAMBERS, SACHSE, MIELKE & BROWNELL, LLP; Sean W. Copeland , Tribal Attorney, FOND DU LAC BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA, for plaintiff.

Benjamin J. Grillot and Shaun M. Pettigrew , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; David W. Fuller , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, for defendants Andrew Wheeler, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Samuel L. Calkins, Ryan D. McCarthy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Kurt Thiede.

Jay C. Johnson , Kathryn A. Kusske Floyd , and Katherine Sochacki , VENABLE LLP; Monte A. Mills and Davida S. McGhee , GREENE ESPEL PLLP, for intervenor defendant Poly Met Mining, Inc.


ORDER

Plaintiff Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ("the Band") brings this action against the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ("the Corps"), and various agency officials (collectively "the federal defendants"), seeking review of certain...

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