EAJA Awards
| Agency | Agency subcomponent | Name | Award date | Award amount | Awardees | Claims description | Finding basis | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Forest Service (USFS) | Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Chris Savage, Leanne Marten, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
$ 110,000
|
Alliance for the Wild Rockies | NEPA, NFMA, ESA | Settlement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Forest Service (USFS) | Wilderness Watch, Friends of the Clearwter, ad Western Watersheds Project v. Sonny Perdue, Tom Tidwell, Nora Rasure, Charles Mark |
$ 196,000
|
Wilderness Watch | NEPA, Wilderness Act | Settlement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Forest Service (USFS) | Native Ecosystem Council, Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Leanne Martin, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
$ 120,000
|
Native Ecosystem Council, Alliance for the Wild Rockies | NEPA, NFMA, ESA | Settlement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | Epp v. NRCS |
$ 14,117
|
Richard Epp | Wetlands determination | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Farm Service Agency (FSA) | In the matter of Farm Service Agency |
$ 27,249
|
Null | Wetlands determination | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | In the matter of Natural Resources Conservation Service |
$ 9,400
|
Null | Environmental Quality Incentives Program | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | In the matter of Natural Resources Conservation Service |
$ 11,213
|
Null | Environmental Quality Incentives Program | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | In the matter of Natural Resources Conservation Service |
$ 65,865
|
Null | Wetlands determination | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Farm Service Agency (FSA) | In the matter of Farm Service Agency |
$ 55,883
|
Null | Prevented planting credits | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Farm Service Agency (FSA) | In the matter of Farm Service Agency |
$ 20,325
|
Null | Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Risk Management Agency (RMA) | In the matter of Risk Management Agency |
$ 40,581
|
Null | Whole Farm Revenue Protection | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Farm Service Agency (FSA) | In the matter of Farm Service Agency |
$ 9,485
|
Null | Conservation Reserve Program | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Farm Service Agency (FSA) | In the matter of Farm Service Agency |
$ 3,800
|
Null | Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program | Award | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Cowpasture River Association, Highlanders for Responsible Development, Shenandoah Valley Battfields Foundation, Shenandoah Valley Network, Sierra Club, Virginia Wilderness Committee and Wild Virginia, Inc. v. Forest Service, Kathlee Atkinson and Ken Arney |
$ 124,500
|
Austin D. Gerken and Amelia Y. Burnette | Petitioning the Court to review the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Record of Decision and the “Special User Permit issued to Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC Monongahela and George Washington | The Court found that the Forest Service failed to take a hard look at the environmental consequences of the Atlantic Cast Pipeline project. The Court also found that the Forest Service failed to demonstrate that the Atlantic Cast Pipeline project needs could not be reasonably met on non-national forest land. | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Friends of the Bitterroot v. U.S. Forest Service |
$ 20,000
|
Kristine Akland,Timothy Bechtold | Failure to adequately and lawfully designate a minimum road system | Court found that the Forest Service violated NEPA and NFMA (1) The Forest designated a minimum road system without meeting the necessary regulatory requirements;(2) failed to demonstrate with the Management Area 8b of the Forest Plan; and (30 issued a site-specific Forest Plan Amendment without adhering to the standards for doing so. | Show |