Opinion ID: 3053503
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Text: We review a district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Nw. Ecosystem Alliance v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., 475 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2007). The Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) provides authority for the court’s review of decisions under NEPA and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 303(c). See Pit River Tribe v. U.S. Forest Serv., 469 F.3d 768, 778 (9th Cir. 2006); Alaska Ctr. for the Env’t v. Armbrister, 131 F.3d 1285, 1288 (9th Cir. 1997). Under the APA, a reviewing court may set aside agency actions that are “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.” 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A). As this court recently explained: NORTH IDAHO COMMUNITY ACTION v. DOT 14107 Review under the arbitrary and capricious standard is narrow, and we do not substitute our judgment for that of the agency. Rather we will reverse a decision as arbitrary and capricious only if the agency relied on factors Congress did not intend it to consider, entirely failed to consider an important aspect of the problem, or offered an explanation that runs counter to the evidence before the agency or is so implausible that it could not be ascribed to a difference in view or the product of agency expertise. Lands Council v. McNair, 537 F.3d 981, 987 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc) (internal quotations and citations omitted).