EAJA Awards (#213942)

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
18-1144 (4th Cir.)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Austin D. Gerken and Amelia Y. Burnette
124,500.00
Court
Null
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.