A federal judge has ruled in favor of environmental groups in their lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to lease more than 50,000 acres on the Roan Plateau outside Rifle for oil and gas development.
In a 38-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Krieger ruled that the agency failed to adequately address an alternative that would have prevented drilling on the plateau top. It also failed to sufficiently consider cumulative air quality impacts in conjunction with anticipated development on surrounding private land, or to adequately address ozone impacts.
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