Center for Biological Diversity et al v. Environmental Protection Agency et al

Filing 86

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND STAY AND CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE. Updated Status Report due by 11/10/2011. Status Conference set for 11/18/2011 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom G, 15th Floor, San Francisco before Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on 09/30/2011. (klhS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/3/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Justin Augustine (CA Bar No. 235561) Jaclyn Lopez (CA Bar No. 258589) Center for Biological Diversity 351 California Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: (415) 436-9682; Fax: (415) 436-9683 jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org jlopez@biologicaldiversity.org Collette L. Adkins Giese (MN Bar No. 035059X)* Center for Biological Diversity 8640 Coral Sea Street Northeast Minneapolis, MN 55449-5600 Phone: (651) 955-3821; Fax: (415) 436-9683 cadkinsgiese@biologicaldiversity.org Michael W. Graf (CA Bar No. 136172) Law Offices 227 Behrens Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 Phone: (510) 525-7222;Fax: (510) 525-1208 mwgraf@aol.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs *Granted admission pro hac vice 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 16 17 18 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, a non-profit organization; and PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA, a non-profit organization; 19 20 21 22 Plaintiffs, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; and LISA JACKSON, Administrator, U.S. EPA; 23 Defendants, 24 CROP LIFE AMERICA, AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, and RECKITT BENCKISER; 25 26 27 28 Defendant-Intervenors. _____________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. CV-11-0293-JCS STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY Status Conference Date: October 14, 2011 Time: 1:30 PM Courtroom A – 15th Floor Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 1 CV-11-0293-JCS 1 This status report is filed pursuant to the Court’s July 29, 2011 order. In light of the 2 developments described below, Plaintiffs and Defendants respectfully request that the Court extend the 3 stay of litigation by approximately 30 days from October 14, 2011 to November 18, 2011 and continue 4 the status conference now set for October 14, 2011 to November 18, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. (or to such date 5 and time that is convenient for the Court). Intervenors have informed Plaintiffs and Defendants that 6 they do not object to this request. 7 On January 20, 2011, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Pesticide Action Network 8 North America (collectively “Plaintiffs”) initiated the instant litigation, alleging that the Environmental 9 Protection Agency and its administrator, Lisa Jackson, (collectively “Defendants”) violated Section 10 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) by failing to consult on the effects of EPA-registered 11 pesticides on endangered and threatened species and their designated critical habitat throughout the 12 United States of America. See Docket No. 1. On March 14, 2011, Defendants and Plaintiffs jointly 13 filed a motion to stay the litigation to conserve judicial resources while the parties explored the 14 possibility of settlement. See Docket No. 13. The Court granted the motion on March 15, 2011. See 15 Docket No. 14. 16 On May 13, 2011, the parties met in Washington, D.C. and engaged in exploratory discussions 17 concerning the possibility of settlement, as well as technical issues concerning EPA’s current 18 endangered species risk assessment methods and associated regulatory programs. Proposed Intervenors 19 were also present at the meeting. 20 On June 3, 2011, the Court held an intervention hearing and granted in part and denied in part 21 the motions from 1) Crop Life America, 2) American Farm Bureau Federation, 3) American Chemistry 22 Council and 4) Reckitt Benckiser (collectively “Intervenors”). The Court also set a status conference 23 for August 12, 2011, and ordered the parties to submit a status report that “include[s] a description of 24 the status of negotiations and a plan for the remainder of the case.” 25 26 On June 21, 2011, the parties, including Intervenors, met in Washington, D.C. and held further discussions regarding the possibility of settlement. An additional meeting was held by phone on July 27 28 ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 2 CV-11-0293-JCS 1 18, 2011. To allow settlement discussions to continue and pursuant to stipulation, on July 29, 2011, the 2 Court reset the status conference for October 14, 2011 with a status report due September 30, 2011. 3 Since then, the parties held meetings by phone on August 23, 2011 and September 21, 2011. 4 The parties also exchanged information and ideas for settlement by email. Plaintiffs and Defendants 5 are pursuing further settlement discussions and are in the process of arranging the next meeting. Based 6 on the discussions to date, Intervenors do not object to further settlement talks, provided all parties 7 continue to be involved. 8 To allow these discussions to continue, and in the interest of judicial economy, Plaintiffs and 9 Defendants respectfully request that this Court continue the status conference currently set for October 10 14, 2011 to November 18, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. (or to such date and time that is convenient for the Court), 11 and extend the stay of this litigation for approximately an additional 30 days (from October 14, 2011 to 12 November 18, 2011). If the Court extends the stay and resets a conference date, the parties will submit 13 a status report two weeks prior to that conference (on November 4, 2011). 14 15 Respectfully submitted this 30th day of September, 2011, 16 /s/ Collette L. Adkins Giese 17 Collette L. Adkins Giese (MN Bar No. 035059X)* Center for Biological Diversity 8640 Coral Sea Street Northeast Minneapolis, MN 55449-5600 Phone: (651) 955-3821 Fax: (415) 436-9683 cadkinsgiese@biologicaldiversity.org 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Justin Augustine (CA Bar No. 235561) Jaclyn Lopez (CA Bar No. 258589) Center for Biological Diversity 351 California Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: (415) 436-9682 Fax: (415) 436-9683 jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org jlopez@biologicaldiversity.org Michael W. Graf (CA Bar No. 136172) Law Offices 227 Behrens Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 Phone: (510) 525-7222 ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 3 CV-11-0293-JCS 1 Fax: (510) 525-1208 mwgraf@aol.com 2 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 3 AND 4 5 6 IGNACIA S. MORENO, Assistant Attorney General SETH M. BARSKY, Section Chief S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Chief 7 /s/ James A. Maysonett 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 JAMES A. MAYSONETT, Trial Attorney ERIK E. PETERSEN, Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section Ben Franklin Station P.O. Box 7369 Washington, DC 20044-7369 Phone: (202) 305-0216 Fax: (202) 305-0275 james.a.maysonett@usdoj.gov 15 16 Attorneys for Federal Defendants 17 AND 18 /s/ William K. Rawson 19 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP William K. Rawson (D.C. Bar No. 367167)* william.rawson@lw.com Claudia M. O’Brien (D.C. Bar No 447354)* claudia.o’brien@lw.com 555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004-1304 Phone: (202) 637-2200 Fax: (202) 637-2201 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Patrick J. Ferguson (Ca. Bar No. 252778) patrick.ferguson@lw.com 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94111-6538 Phone: (415) 391-0600 Fax: (415) 395-8095 ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 4 CV-11-0293-JCS 1 6 WILEY REIN LLP David B. Weinberg (D.C. Bar No. 186247)* dweinberg@wileyrein.com Eric Andreas (D.C. Bar No. 462777)* eandreas@wileyrein.com 1776 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (202) 719-7000 Fax: (202) 719-7049 7 Attorneys for Crop Life America, et al. 8 /s/ Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. 9 Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. (Cal. Bar No. 150056) ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 370 Seventeenth Street Suite 4500 Denver, Colorado 80202-1370 Phone: (303) 863-1000 Fax: (303) 832-0428 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 Attorney for Intervenor-Defendant Reckitt Benckiser LLC. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 /s/ J. Michael Klise J. Michael Klise* jmklise@crowell.com CROWELL & MORING LLP Steven P. Quarles Thomas R. Lundquist 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 Phone: (202) 624-2500 Fax: (202) 628-5116 22 23 Attorneys for Intervenors American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. 24 /s/ Seth Goldberg 25 26 27 28 Seth Goldberg (CA Bar No. 153719) sgoldberg@steptoe.com Cynthia L. Taub (D.C. Bar No. 445906)* ctaub@steptoe.com STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 5 CV-11-0293-JCS 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202.429.3000 Fax: 202.429.3902 1 2 3 4 Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor American Chemistry Council 5 *Granted admission pro hac vice 6 7 ER R NIA ero Sp seph C. FO Judge Jo H 15 RT 14 NO 13 Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero LI 12 RT U O 11 09/30/11 Dated: ______________ ISTRIC ES D TC AT T ___________________________ A 10 Nov. 18, 2011, at 1:30 PM November 10, 2011 ______________________. The status report shall be due by _____________________. S 9 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The status conference is reset for UNIT ED 8 N F D IS T IC T O R C 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 6 CV-11-0293-JCS

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