Edc

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER, No. 19-55526 a California non-profit corporation; SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER, D.C. Nos. a California non-profit corporation; 2:16-cv-08418-

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF PSG-FFM

CALIFORNIA, ex rel. Rob Bonta, 2:16-cv-08473- Attorney General; CALIFORNIA PSG-FFM COASTAL COMMISSION; CENTER FOR 2:16-cv-09352-

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; WISHTOYO PSG-FFM

FOUNDATION,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v.

BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY

MANAGEMENT,

Defendant-Appellee,

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE,

Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant,

and

RICHARD YARDE, Regional Supervisor, Office of Environment, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; DAVID FISH, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; AMANDA LEFTON, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; KEVIN M. SLIGH, SR., Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement;

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND

ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT;

JOAN BARMINSKI, Pacific Region Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; MIKE MITCHELL, Acting Pacific Region Director, Bureau of Safety and…