Western Organization of Resource Councils v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted motions for voluntary dismissal of appeals of a Montana federal district court’s decision that found deficiencies in some aspects of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of the climate change impacts of resource management plans (RMPs) for the Powder River Basin. The plaintiffs, federal defendants, coal company intervenors, and the State of Wyoming had all appealed the district court’s decision. The voluntary dismissals followed BLM’s publication in the Federal Register on November 28 of notices that it intended to prepare supplemental environmental impact statements and potential amendments for the RMPs.