Grand Canyon Trust v. Heather Provencio

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GRAND CANYON TRUST; CENTER No. 20-16401

FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; SIERRA

CLUB, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 3:13-cv-08045-

DGC

and

HAVASUPAI TRIBE, OPINION

Plaintiff,

v.

HEATHER PROVENCIO, Forest Supervisor, Kaibab National Forest; UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, an agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellees,

and

ENERGY FUELS RESOURCES (USA),

INC.; EFR ARIZONA STRIP LLC,

Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona David G. Campbell, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 30, 2021 San Francisco, California

Filed February 22, 2022

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bybee

SUMMARY*

Mining Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the United States Forest Service and intervenors Energy Fuels Resources (USA), Inc. and EFR Arizona Strip LLC in an action by environmental groups (collectively, the Trust) challenging the…