District Court, District of Columbia May 4, 2017, No. 16-cv-738 (KBJ) (Center for Biological Diversity v. Zinke)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers, contaminating roughly 1,100 miles of shoreline, and causing significant losses to the environment and the economy throughout the region. (See Compl., ECF No. 1, ¶¶ 52-56.) See generally In re Deepwater Horizon, 753 F.