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Case 1:08-cv-01624-WJM-NRN Document 166 Filed 03/18/19 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 12 <br /> IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT <br /> FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO <br /> Judge William J. Martinez <br /> Civil Action No. 08-cv-1624-WJM-NRN <br /> COLORADO ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION, <br /> INFORMATION NETWORK FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING, <br /> CENTER FOR NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS, <br /> CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, and <br /> SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE, <br /> Plaintiffs, <br /> V. <br /> OFFICE OF LEGACY MANAGEMENT, and <br /> UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, <br /> Defendants. <br /> ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISSOLVE INJUNCTION AND <br /> DIRECTING ENTRY OF FINAL JUDGMENT <br /> Plaintiffs bring this lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), <br /> 5 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq., the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), 42 U.S.C. <br /> §§ 4231 et seq., and the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., <br /> challenging certain decisions made by the United States Department of Energy's Office <br /> of Legacy Management (for purposes of this order, "DOE") concerning a uranium <br /> mining program in southwestern Colorado that DOE oversees. That program was <br /> known as the Uranium Lease Management Program ("ULMP"). At some point, the <br /> program dropped "Management" from its title and now goes by "ULP," but the Court will <br /> continue to refer to it as "ULMP" for consistency with prior orders. <br /> In an earlier phase of this lawsuit, the Court enjoined DOE from implementing its <br />