Description: Challenge to federal approvals of lease to expand and extend life of underground coal mine in Utah.
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WildEarth Guardians v. Jewell
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 02/24/2017 Complaint Download Second amended complaint filed. 11/25/2016 Reply Download Reply memorandum filed in support of plaintiffs' motion to add documents to the administrative record and authorize limited discovery. 11/08/2016 Opposition Download Opposition filed by federal defendants to plaintiffs' motion to add documents to the administrative record and to authorize limited discovery. 09/29/2016 Motion Download Motion filed by plaintiffs to add documents to the administrative record and authorize limited discovery. 05/02/2016 Reply Download Reply filed by Canyon Fuel Company in support of motion to intervene. 04/18/2016 Motion Download Combined opposition filed by plaintiffs to motions to intervene by the State of Utah and Canyon Fuel Company. 03/07/2016 Motion Download Motion filed by plaintiffs to stay briefing and consideration of the State of Utah's motion to intervene. -
WildEarth Guardians v. Jewell
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 03/01/2016 Order Download Motion to transfer granted. 09/11/2015 Petition for Review Download Petition for review of agency action filed. WildEarth Guardians Challenged Lease Approval for Utah Coal Mine. WildEarth Guardians filed a petition for review in the federal district court for the District of Colorado, seeking to vacate federal approvals of a lease to expand and extend the life of the Skyline Mine, an underground coal mine in Utah. WildEarth Guardians alleged that the United States Bureau of Land Management, which issued the lease, and the United States Forest Service, which consented to the lease’s issuance, had not complied with NEPA or the Mineral Leasing Act. WildEarth Guardians alleged that the agencies’ environmental review relied on an analysis that was 15 years old, and had failed to consider air quality and climate impacts, including climate impacts associated with coal mining, transport, and burning. The organization also alleged that the agencies had failed to consider costs associated with carbon dioxide emissions and had failed to consider cumulative climate impacts of similar mining approvals and proposals.