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Alatna Village Council v. Padgett
About this case
Documents
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
05/24/2022
Motion
Plaintiffs filed joinder in and supplement to motion for reconsideration and clarification.
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03/22/2022
Response
Response to defendants' motion for voluntary remand filed by NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
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03/22/2022
Opposition
Qualified response in opposition to defendants' motion for voluntary remand filed by intervenor-defendant Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.
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03/22/2022
Response
Response to defendants' motion for voluntary remand filed by intervenor-defendant Ambler Metals, LLC.
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03/22/2022
Opposition
Response filed by plaintiffs in opposition to defendants' motion for voluntary remand.
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02/22/2022
Motion
Motion for voluntary remand filed by defendants.
Federal defendants requested voluntary remand without vacatur in two cases challenging authorization of a 211-mile mining access road in Alaska. The defendants said “[a]dditional scrutiny” in the course of defending the merits of the case “has illuminated legal flaws that Defendants intend to reconsider through a further administrative process,” in particular consider of impacts to subsistence uses under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and the National Historic Preservation Act. The defendants also plan to supplement the NEPA analysis.
09/30/2021
Response
State of Alaska filed amended response opposing federal defendants' motion to stay.
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05/20/2021
Decision
NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.'s motion to intervene granted and terms of joint stipulation accepted.
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05/19/2021
Stipulation
Joint stipulation filed as to motion to intervene by NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
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05/18/2021
Motion To Intervene
Unopposed motion to intervene filed by NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
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10/07/2020
Complaint
Complaint filed.
The governing bodies of six federally-recognized Indian Tribes in Alaska and a consortium of tribal leaders filed a lawsuit challenging federal approvals of the Ambler Road Project, which their complaint described as a “a 211-mile, year-round, industrial access road that would traverse some of the most remote and undeveloped lands in Alaska” and “facilitate the construction of four large-scale mines for the extraction of copper, lead, zinc, silver, gold, cobalt, and molybdenum.” The plaintiffs asserted claims under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Clean Water Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act. The plaintiffs’ NEPA arguments include that the final environmental impact statement failed to adequately address climate change. Another <a href="https://climatecasechart.com/case/northern-alaska-environmental-center-v-bernhardt/">lawsuit</a> challenging the Ambler Road Project was filed in August.
Summary
Challenge to federal approvals for a 211-mile road through the southern Brooks Range and Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve to provide access to a mining district.