Trustees For Alaska v. United States Department Of Interior

919 F.2d 119 TRUSTEES FOR ALASKA, The Eskimo Walrus Commission and The Rural Alaska Resources Association, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary U.S. Department of Interior, Respondents, and Shell Western E & P Inc., Intervenor-Respondent. No. 90-70404. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 2, 1990. Decided Nov. 26, 1990. Sharon A. Sturges, Trustees of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for petitioners. John T. Stahr, Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for respondents. E. Edward Bruce, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.; Timothy A. McKeever, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Anchorage, Alaska; Mark N. Savit, Jackson & Kelly, Washington, D.C., for intervenor-respondent. Petition to Review a Decision of the United States Department of the Interior. Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, BROWNING and RYMER, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 Petitioners ("Trustees") sought unsuccessfully to have the Secretary of the Department of the Interior ["the Secretary"] either revoke his approval or require modification of an oil and gas exploration plan held by…