Congress /Federal Agencies -General

摘要

Environmental groups filed two lawsuits challenging Bureau of Land Management (BLM) instruction memorandums (IM) addressing implementation of greater sage-grouse land use plan provisions, including a policy aimed at prioritization of oil and gas leasing. See Complaint, W. Watersheds Project v. Zinke, No. l:18-cv-00187 (D. Idaho Apr. 30, 2018); Complaint, Mont. Wildlife Fed'n v. Zinke, No. 4:18-cv-00069 (D. Mont. Apr. 30, 2018). Vol. XXXV, No. 1 (2018) of this Newsletter reported that in December 2017 BLM issued several IMs addressing implementation of land use plan amendments released in 2015 for the conservation of greater sage-grouse, including an IM addressing oil and gas leasing prioritization. See Instruction Memorandum No. 2018-026 (Dec. 27, 2017) (IM 2018-026). IM 2018-026 replaced Instruction Memorandum No. 2016-143 (Sept. 1,2016), which was issued under the previous presidential administration.