SOVEREIGN IÑUPIAT FOR A LIVING ARCTIC v. BLM

Case No. 3:23-cv-00058-SLG, Case No. 3:23-cv-00061-SLG.

701 F.Supp.3d 862 (2023)

SOVEREIGN IÑUPIAT FOR A LIVING ARCTIC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, et al., Defendants, and ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., et al., Intervenor-Defendants. Center for Biological Diversity, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bureau of Land Management, et al., Defendants, and ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

Signed November 9, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bridget Earley Psarianos, Brook Brisson, Suzanne Bostrom, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiffs in No. 3:23-cv-00058.

Carole Anne Holley, Erik Clifford Grafe, Ian S. Dooley, Jeremy C. Lieb, Earthjustice, Anchorage, AK, Eric P. Jorgensen, Earthjustice, Juneau, AK, Kristen Angela Monsell, Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity in No. 3:23-cv-00061.

Carole Anne Holley, Erik Clifford Grafe, Ian S. Dooley, Jeremy C. Lieb, Earthjustice, Anchorage, AK, Eric P. Jorgensen, Earthjustice, Juneau, AK, for Plaintiffs Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Inc. in No. 3:23-cv-00061.

Ann Alexander, Pro Hac Vice, Cecilia D. Segal, Pro Hac Vice, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Michelle Wu, Pro Hac Vice, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, for Plaintiff Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. in No. 3:23-cv-00061.

Paul A. Turcke, C/O U.S. Attorney's Office, Boise, ID, Rickey Doyle Turner, Jr., United States Department of Justice, Denver, CO, for Defendants Bureau of Land Management in Nos. 3:23-cv-00058, 3:23-cv-00061, United States Fish and Wildlife Service in Nos. 3:23-cv-00061, 3:23-cv-00058, United States Department of the Interior in Nos. 3:23-cv-00061, 3:23-cv-00058, National Marine Fisheries Service in No. 3:23-cv-00061, United States Department of Commerce in No. 3:23-cv-00061, Deb Haaland in No. 3:23-cv-00061, Tommy P. Beaudreau in No. 3:23-cv-00061, Gina M. Raimondo in No. 3:23-cv-00061, Steven Cohn in No. 3:23-cv-00061, Sara Boario in No. 3:23-cv-00061, Jonathan Kurland in No. 3:23-cv-00061.

Ryan P. Steen, Jason T. Morgan, Luke Sanders, Pro Hac Vice, Tiffany Wang, Pro Hac Vice, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, WA, Whitney A. Brown, Stoel Rives LLP, Anchorage, AK, for Intervenor-Defendant ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. in Nos. 3:23-cv-00061, 3:23-cv-00058.

Stacey M. Bosshardt, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC, Eric B. Fjelstad, Perkins Coie LLP, Anchorage, AK, for Intervenor-Defendant Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in Nos. 3:23-cv-00061, 3:23-cv-00058.

Melinda Meade Meyers, Tyson C. Kade, Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan David Simon, Van Ness Feldman, LLP, Washington, DC, Charlene Koski, Pro Hac Vice, Van Ness Feldman, LLP, Seattle, WA, for Intervenor-Defendant North Slope Borough in Nos. 3:23-cv-00061, 3:23-cv-00058.

Brooks W. Chandler, Boyd, Chandler & Falconer, LLP, Anchorage, AK, Charles A. Cacciola, Kody George, Chandler, Falconer, Munson & Cacciola, LLP, Anchorage, AK, for Intervenor-Defendant Kuukpik Corporation in Nos. 3:23-cv-00061, 3:23-cv-00058.

Mary Hunter Gramling, Alaska Department of Law Office of the Attorney General, Special Litigation Section, Juneau, AK, for Intervenor-Defendant State of Alaska in Nos. 3:23-cv-00058, 3:23-cv-00061.

Matthew Singer, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Anchorage, AK, for Amicus Alaska State Chamber of Commerce in No. 3:23-cv-00058.

Jonathan W. Katchen, Holland & Hart LLP, Anchorage, AK, for Amici Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, Mary Settler Peltola, Alaska State Legislature in Nos. 3:23-cv-00058, 3:23-cv-00061.

Michael Burger, Pro Hac Vice, Columbia Law school, New York, NY, for Amicus Sabin Center for Climate Change Law in Nos. 3:23-cv-00061, 3:23-cv-00058.

Rebecca Davis, Pro Hac Vice, Brian B. Flynn, Pro Hac Vice, Lozeau Drury LLP, Oakland, CA, for Amicus Patagonia, Inc. in No. 3:23-cv-00058.

Rebecca Davis, Pro Hac Vice, Lozeau Drury LLP, Oakland, CA, for Amicus Patagonia, Inc. in No. 3:23-cv-00061.

David T. Hunter, Pro HaC Vice, William John Snape, III, Pro Hac Vice, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, for Amicus United Nations Special Rapporteurs in No. 3:23-cv-00058.

Max Sarinsky, Pro Hac Vice, Institute for Policy at NYU School of Law New York, NY, for Amicus Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU Law in Nos. 3:23-cv-00061, 3:23-cv-00058.

Melissa A. Hornbein, Pro Hac Vice, Sarah Kate McMillan, Pro Hac Vice, Western Environmental Law Center, Helena, MT, Andrew McAleer Hawley, Pro Hac Vice, Western Environmental Law Center, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Naqsragmiut Tribal Council in No. 3:23-cv-00058.

Brad D. De Noble, De Noble Law Offices LLC, Eagle River, AK, for Amicus Our Children's Trust in Nos. 3:23-cv-00061, 3:23-cv-00058.

Lia Comet-ford, Earthrise Law Center at Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, OR, for Amicus Members of Congress in No. 3:23-cv-00061.


DECISION & ORDER

This order is entered in two related cases challenging the Bureau of Land Management's ("BLM") March 2023 Record of Decision ("ROD") for the Willow Master Development Plan ("Willow Project," "Willow," or "Project"), which authorizes oil production...

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