1.   In April, federal Transportation Secretary Federico Pena approved an environmental impact review for the project.

2.   Last month, the state Department of Environmental Conservation ruled that no public hearing or environmental impact review of the plan would be necessary.

3.   The department determined that the company did not need to conduct an environmental impact review.

4.   The lawsuit said the appropriate federal agencies, including the bureau, had failed to conduct the required environmental impact reviews on the land.

5.   A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to halt a type of timber sale that the agency had exempted from environmental impact reviews.

6.   In a decision that could affect logging nationwide, a federal judge has ordered the federal government to stop certain timber sales that were exempted from environmental impact reviews.

7.   No final decision on the lease sales is expected until October and the lease area could change after a final environmental impact review is completed this summer.

8.   The Air Force is expected to make a decision after completing an environmental impact review, possibly this month.

9.   They said the Energy Department was violating federal environmental laws by not completing a full environmental impact review.