WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

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Case Number:

1:22-cv-02168

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Environmental Matters

Judge:

Trevor N. McFadden

Firms

Advocates for the West

Government Agencies

Bureau of Land Management

August 01, 2022
Enviro Group Drops Suit Over BLM Well Oversight

Western Watersheds Project decided to drop its newly filed lawsuit that asked a D.C. federal court to vacate what the group characterized as an "unwarranted loophole" in federal oversight of federal oil and gas development.
July 25, 2022
Group Says Feds Giving Well Oversight Short Shrift

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management is wrong that it lacks authority to regulate the development of federal oil and gas minerals when the reserves are accessed via a well drilled into non-federal lands, a new D.C. federal court complaint alleges.