Wayne National Forrest
Shale Law Weekly Review – March 23, 2020
Federal Lands: Ohio District Court Rules that Wayne National Forest Leasing Decisions Failed to Account for Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing
On March 13, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled that the decision to lease land for mineral extraction in the Wayne National Forest (Forest) failed to account for the impacts of hydraulic fracturing. (Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Service, No. 2:17-cv-372). In October 2016, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued an Environmental Assessment with a Finding of No Significant Impact on lands proposed for leasing in the Marietta Unit of the Forest. In […]
