Agencies Seek High Court Review of Endangered Species FOIA Case
Case involves Freedom of Information Act exemption for deliberative process
Stems from EPA regulation for power plants
By Ellen Gilmer, Bloomberg Env’t., Oct. 29, 2019
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to keep Endangered Species Act records out of the hands of environmentalists.
In a new petition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service urged the justices to review a ruling from a lower court that required the agencies to turn over draft documents from an Endangered Species Act consultation process.
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