Tag:Surface Transportation Board

Court Opinion: Supreme Court Reinstates Approval of Uinta Basin Railway, Limits Scope of NEPA Review

The Supreme Court reversed a ruling that vacated approval for Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway, holding NEPA doesn't require analysis of environmental impacts of upstream and downstream projects.

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Rail Project That Would Transport Millions of Barrels of Crude Oil Through Colorado

The issue at the center of the arguments was a National Environmental Protection Act Review that was invalidated by the D.C. Circuit.

Colorado AG, local governments file Supreme Court briefs opposing Utah oil railroad

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a dozen Colorado local governments and a group of high-ranking congressional Democrats are among the parties urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court decision vacating the approval of a controversial oil-by-rail project in eastern Utah.