BLM & ConocoPhillips respond to appeal

Nuiqsut and five environmental groups had elevated challenge over 2018-2019 NPR-A exploration program to 9th Circuit court

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

The Bureau of Land Management and ConocoPhillips have filed briefs in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in an appeal by the village of Nuiqsut and five environmental organizations against BLM’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ 2018-19 National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska exploration program. The....

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Environmental assessment challenged

Rejected by district court

Referenced 2012 EIS

ANILCA compliance