Written by Associated Press on May 28, 2021
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) The federal government has argued that the U.S. Supreme Court should not take up a lawsuit in Wyoming over a blocked coal export terminal because the company behind the proposal is bankrupt and won’t be building the project.
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued in a brief that there is no legal controversy for the high court to consider because the Millennium Bulk Terminal project won’t proceed, The Casper Star-Tribune reported Wednesday.
The proposed terminal’s parent company Lighthouse Resources Inc. declared bankruptcy in December. It then failed to find an interested buyer for the terminal.
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The acting solicitor general told the U.S. Supreme Court it should reject Montana and Wyoming's fight to overturn Washington's denial of a water quality certificate for a proposed coal export facility because the project owner sold the project site in its bankruptcy proceedings.