Description: Challenge to a Surface Transportation Board decision approving construction and operation of an 85-mile rail line in Utah.
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Eagle County v. Surface Transportation Board
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 08/18/2022 Brief Download Opening brief filed by petitioners Center for Biological Diversity et al. 08/18/2022 Brief Download Opening brief filed by petitioner Eagle County. 02/10/2022 Petition for Review Download Petition for review filed. Challenges Filed to New Rail Line to Carry Oil Produced in Uinta Basin. Eagle County, Colorado and a group of five environmental groups filed petitions in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for review of a Surface Transportation Board decision approving construction and operation of an 85-mile rail line in Utah. The proponents of the rail line contended that it would be a viable alternative to trucking. The line would carry oil produced in the Uinta Basin, as well as other goods produced or consumed in the Uinta Basin. The environmental groups also challenged the biological opinion issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in connection with the approval of the rail line. Eagle County’s petition asserted that the STB’s decision “was issued without observance of procedures required by law, is arbitrary and capricious, constitutes an abuse of discretion, exceeds the STB’s statutory authority,” and was in violation of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and other federal laws. -
Center for Biological Diversity v. Surface Transportation Board
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 02/11/2022 Petition for Review Download Petition for review filed.