RICHARDSON v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Nos. CIV.05-0460 BB/RHS, CIV.05-0588 BB/RHS.

459 F.Supp.2d 1102 (2006)

The State of NEW MEXICO EX REL. Governor Bill RICHARDSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, et al., Federal Defendants, and Independent Petroleum Ass'n of New Mexico, Defendant-Intervenor. and New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Linda Rundell, et al., Federal Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

September 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances C. Bassett, Stephen R. Farris, NM Attorney General's Office, Water Environment Utility Division, Alletta D'Andelot Belin, Steve Sugarman, Belin & Sugarma, Santa Fe, NM, for Plaintiffs.

Andrew A. Smith, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendants.

Earl E. Debrine, Jr., Patrick Joseph Rogers, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sis, Albuquerque, Nm, William Perry Pendley, Alison Roberts, Mountain State Legal Foundation, Lakewood, CO, for Intervenor.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BLACK, District Judge.

These consolidated cases involve administrative appeals from decisions made by the United States Bureau of Land Management ("BLM"). The decisions challenged by Plaintiffs include BLM's adoption of a Resource Management Plan Amendment ("RMPA"), as well as BLM's approval of an oil-and-gas lease covering a portion of the area included in the RMPA. Plaintiffs maintain that BLM violated the National Environmental...

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