Taylor Energy Company LLC v United States of America - United States District Court for the District of Columbia - Memorandum Opinion by Judge John D Bates - Civil Action No 2020-1086 - 15 February 2021
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2021
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Taylor Energy Company LLC ("Taylor Energy") brought this lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") seeking judicial review of the National Pollution Funds Center's ("NPFC") denial of a reimbursement claim for oil removal costs. Now before the Court is Taylor Energy's combined motion to supplement the administrative record and conduct limited discovery on the NPFC's retention and tasking of independent scientific experts. The government has agreed to complete the administrative record with a few documents that it inadvertently excluded, but otherwise opposes Taylor Energy's motion. See Def.'s Opp'n to Pl.'s Mot. to Complete Admin. R. or, in Alternative, to Introduce Extra-R. Evid. ("Gov't's Opp'n") [ECF No. 61] at 1-2, 5. For the following reasons, the Court will order the NPFC to complete the administrative record with three specific documents but will deny the remainder of Taylor Energy's requests.