Plaintiff challenged decisions by the BLM and the USFS to grant Ascot Resources Ltd. hardrock mineral prospecting permits for federal lands near the Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Plaintiff alleged violations of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, the Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946, the NEPA, the APA, and FOIA. Plaintiff filed an application for $272,613 in EAJA fees on April 29, 2022.
The district court found in favor of Plaintiff on its National Environmental Policy Act claim. Plaintiff had already prevailed against the BLM on the same NEPA claim in prior litigation.