In his March 3 opinion, District Judge William Martinez agreed with petitioners that Instruction Memorandum 2022-014, which outline policies and procedures for administering the Adoption Incentive Program, violated the procedural and substantive requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act and that the respondents violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to evaluate the environmental impacts of the IM before putting it into effect.
The court vacated the IM and remanded it back to the BLM for further proceedings consistent with the ruling.
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