CEQ Asks Court To Reject GOP States’ Suit Over NEPA Rule As Unripe

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is asking a federal district court to grant it summary judgment and uphold its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing rule, arguing that GOP state opponents lack standing and are seeking to bring an unripe challenge to an otherwise lawful regulation. CEQ in an Aug. 30 memo in support of its cross motion for summary judgment argues that the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota lacks jurisdiction “in the...