2nd Amended Offshore Oil Complaint Dismissed; Further Amendments Denied

( September 3, 2026, 10:24 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California dismissed a second amended complaint (SAC) and denied leave to file a third amended complaint in a case brought by two environmental groups that allege that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) review of a development and production plan (DPP) that preceded the March 2026 resumption of onshore pipelines that are part of the Santa Ynez Unit (SYU) off the shore of California violated the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and, alternatively, the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)....