Nkihtaqmikon, et al v. Imson, et al

Filing 920091028

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = 'Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P 43(c)(2), Secretary of the\
Department of the Interior Ken Salazar has been substituted for\
former Secretary Gale Norton as defendant, appellee.\
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var WPFootnote2 = 'Of the Seventh Circuit, sitting by designation.\
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var WPFootnote3 = 'Nulankeyutmonen Nkihtaqmikon v. Impson ("NN I"), 462 F. Supp.\
2d 86, 91-93 (D. Me. 2006); Nulankeyutmonen Nkihtaqmikon v. Impson\
("NN II"), 503 F.3d 18, 23-25 (1st Cir. 2007); Nulankeyutmonen\
Nkihtaqmikon v. Impson ("NN III"), 573 F. Supp. 2d 311, 314-15 (D.\
Me. 2008).\
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var WPFootnote4 = 'NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the potential\
environmental consequences of actions that might detrimentally\
affect "the quality of the human environment." 42 U.S.C. §\
4332(2)(C), but environmental impact statements are not required,\
for "categor[ies] of actions which do not . . . have a significant\
effect on the human environment and which have been found to have\
no such effect in procedures adopted by a Federal agency in\
implementation of these regulations." 40 C.F.R. § 1508.4 (2009). \
The BIA adopted regulations implementing this exception in 1988,\
see National Environmental Policy Act; Revised Implementing\
Procedures, 53 Fed. Reg. 10439 (Mar. 31, 1988), and found that the\
lease was exempted because it was, at least in its current stage,\
intended primarily for data gathering.\
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var WPFootnote5 = 'NN filed a protective administrative appeal with the Interior\
Board of Indian Appeals, which was stayed by stipulation during the\
remand proceedings in the district court and in this court.\
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var WPFootnote6 = 'The BIA regulation states that the agency\'s failure to\
provide notice "shall not affect the validity of the [challenged]\
decision or action but the time to file a notice of appeal\
regarding such a decision shall not begin to run until notice has\
been given." 25 C.F.R. § 2.7(b)(emphasis added). Asked what limit\
applies absent agency notice, the BIA responded in oral argument\
that laches is the only limit on delayed attacks.\
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