“Two activist groups have told Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to expect a lawsuit if he further extends the temporary assignments of William Perry Pendley as head of the Bureau of Land Management and David Vela as head of the National Park Service.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Western Watershed Projects wrote to Bernhardt Tuesday to threaten the legal action if he extends their assignments to run those agencies past May 5, when their current assignments run out. The groups say Bernhardt illegally put the two in charge in violation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.”
