Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Lujan

961 F.2d 886 22 Envtl. L. Rep. 21 ,287 NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER; Sierra Club, Inc.; Denali Citizens Council, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Manuel LUJAN, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Alaska Miners Association, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee, and Joseph E. Vogler; Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc., Defendants-Intervenors. No. 91-35296. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 5, 1992. Decided April 14, 1992. Robert B. Briggs, Marilyn J. Twitchell, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Juneau, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants. Barry M. Hartman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Dean K. Dunsmore, Dirk D. Snel, Martin W. Matzen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington D.C., Dennis Hopewell, Deputy Regional Sol., Dept. of Interior, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees. Ronald A. Zumbrun, Robin L. Rivett, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Cal., James S. Burling, Pacific Legal Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before: WRIGHT and ALARCON, Circuit Judges, and DAVIES * , District Judge. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 Northern…