Federal - Oil & Gas

摘要

Department OF THE INTERIOR ACTED ARBITRARILY ANDCapriciously by Administratively Canceling Oil and Gas Leases More Than 30 Years After Issuance On September 24, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a highly anticipated pair of decisions mSolenexLLCv. Jewell,No. l:13-cv-00993,2018 WL4567132 (D.D.C. Sept. 24, 2018), and Moncriefv. DOI, No. l:17-cv-00609, 2018 WL 4567136 (D.D.C. Sept. 24, 2018). The court held that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) acted arbitrarily and capriciously in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (AP A) by canceling oil and gas leases more than 30 years after issuing them based on a determination that their issuance violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4347, and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), 54 U.S.C. §§300101-306131.