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Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Case Categories:
  • Federal Statutory Claims
    • NEPA
  • Federal Statutory Claims
    • Other Statutes and Regulations
Principal Laws:
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Administrative Procedure Act (APA), Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
Description: Lawsuit challenging federal defendants’ approval of an oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government v. Bernhardt
    Docket number(s): 3:20-cv-00223
    Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    09/09/2020 Complaint Download Complaint filed. Lawsuit Challenged Oil and Gas Leasing Program in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Three federally recognized Indian Tribes filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Alaska challenging federal defendants’ approval of an oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The plaintiffs asserted claims under NEPA, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and the National Historic Preservation Act. With respect to climate change, the tribes contended that the defendants failed to meaningfully analyze climate change in relation to subsistence, sociocultural systems, and environmental justice; cultural resources; caribou; migratory waterfowl; vegetation, tundra, and wetlands; and soils, permafrost, sand, and gravel.

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