Interior Delays Delivery of Court-Ordered Environmental Review

The Interior Department on February 25 notified the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that it would miss its self-imposed February 26 deadline to complete its internal review of a draft environmental sensitivity analysis of areas of the OCS, and an internal review of the balancing and exclusion determinations contained in the 2007-2012 Five Year Program.  Interior is conducting these reviews pursuant to court order.  It expects to complete them by March 29.