Quaterra Resources Sues Arizona

Quaterra Resources Inc. (TSXV:QTA,NYSE:QMM) announced it has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management with the Arizona Board of Supervisors.

As quoted in the press release:

The basis of the lawsuit is that the United States Government, through the Secretary of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management, did not adhere to mandated statutory procedures when it issued a decision to close more than one million acres of Federal land to all mining in Northern Arizona. Specifically, the suit alleges that the facts and science demonstrated that mining would not harm the Grand Canyon watershed and that the withdrawal of Federal lands regardless of this evidence was arbitrary and capricious; the decision arbitrarily withdraws over one million acres to address subjective sensibilities which enjoy no legal protection; the Secretary did not comply with the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act; and, the Secretary did not address scientific controversies and failed to coordinate with Local Governments in making his decision.

Click here to read the Quaterra Resources Inc. (TSXV:QTA) press release.