Center for Biological Diversity, Heartwood, Ohio Environmental Council, Sierra Club
17-cv-00372-MHW-KAJ (S.D. Ohio)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Wendy S. Park, Diana Descale-Joffe, Nathan G. Johnson and Elizabeth Benson
300,000.00
Court
Null
1) Claims failure to prepare a supplemental environmental review, and 2) claims BLM's preparation of an unlawful EA and FONSI or EIS.
On 4/18/18, the Southern District Court of Ohio determined the Forest Service and BLM failed to take the requisite "hard look" at the impacts of fracking in the Wayne National Forest prior to deciding to grant leases.