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Federal judge denies American Petroleum Institute's motion to intervene in ocean acidification case

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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October 7 2009

On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge John C. Coughenour denied American Petroleum Institute's (API) motion to intervene in Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA, a suit in federal court in Washington State attempting to force the EPA to consider ocean acidification when evaluating state water quality under the Clean Water Act

Supreme Court declines to hear offshore royalties case

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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October 5 2009

Earlier today the Supreme Court denied the government's petition of certiorari in Dep't. of Interior v. Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Corp. (Docket 09-54), an appeal of a Fifth Circuit ruling earlier this year that held the Deepwater Royalty Relief Act of 1995 did not authorize price thresholds in deepwater oil and gas leases issued between 1996 and 2000

Department of Justice seeks Supreme Court review of Kerr-McGee royalties decision

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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July 16 2009

On Monday the Department of Justice filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court in Department of the Interior v. Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Corp., seeking to challenge a Fifth Circuit ruling earlier this year that held that the Deepwater Royalty Relief Act of 1995 did not authorize price thresholds in deepwater oil and gas leases issued between 1996 and 2000

Environmental and native groups challenge MMS approval of Beaufort Sea drilling

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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December 16 2009

Yesterday, environmental and Alaska Native groups filed a petition for review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of MMS's approval of Shell Offshore's plans to drill two exploration wells in Alaska's Beaufort Sea

D.C. Circuit limits scope of decision vacating Interior's 2007-2012 leasing program

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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July 29 2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia yesterday issued an order which advised the Interior Department that the court's April decision -- which vacated Interior's 5-year leasing program (2007-2012) and remanded the matter back to Interior for reconsideration -- applies only to lease offerings in the Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi Seas off the Alaska coast

Salazar weighs in on DC Circuit's 2007-2012 OCS oil and gas leasing program court ruling

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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July 31 2009

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar expressed approval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's clarification of its April decision vacating the 2007-2012 Outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas leasing program

Ninth Circuit approves MMS decision to authorize Shell’s exploratory wells offshore Alaska

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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May 14 2010

Yesterday a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that MMS “has met its obligation” in reviewing Shell’s proposal to drill exploratory wells offshore Alaska

Lawsuit, report by environmental groups attack Alaska spill plan

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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November 18 2010

On November 10 the Center for Biological Diversity ("CBD") notified EPA and the U.S. Coast Guard of its intent to sue both agencies for not taking into account the harm that Alaska's state oil-spill contingency plans pose to endangered and threatened species

Interior delays delivery of court-ordered environmental review

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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February 26 2010

The Interior Department on February 25 notified the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that it would miss its self-imposed February 26 deadline to complete its internal review of a draft environmental sensitivity analysis of areas of the OCS, and an internal review of the balancing and exclusion determinations contained in the 2007-2012 Five Year Program

Federal court orders halt to drilling in Chukchi Sea

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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July 22 2010

On July 21, U..S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline ruled that the Department of the Interior violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to adequately asses the potential environmental impact of proposals to drill in Lease Area 193 in the Chukchi Sea

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