The Otter Project; Environmental Defense Center v. Salazar et al

Filing 70

ORDER by Judge Lucy H. Koh granting 69 Stipulation (lhklc4, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/14/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOSE DIVISION 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 THE OTTER PROJECT and ) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) KEN SALAZAR, Secretary of the United ) States Department of the Interior, DANIEL ) ASHE, Director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife ) Service, UNITED STATES ) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ) UNITED STATES FISH & WILDLIFE ) SERVICE, ) ) Defendants, ) ) CALIFORNIA SEA URCHIN ) COMMISSION, PETER HALMAY, ) HARRY LIQUORNIK, CALIFORNIA ) ABALONE ASSOCIATION, SONOMA ) COUNTY ABALONE NETWORK, ) ) Intervenor-Defendants. ) ) No. C 09-4610 JW STIPULATION TO AMEND STIPULATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 27 28 Stipulation to Amend Settlement Agreement1 No. C. 09-4610 JW 1 Pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, this Stipulation is entered into by and between Plaintiffs, 2 The Otter Project and Environmental Defense Center, Defendants, Ken Salazar, in his official 3 capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Daniel Ashe, in his official 4 capacity as Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”); the United States 5 Department of the Interior; and the Service (collectively, “Federal Defendants”), and Intervenor- 6 Defendants, California Sea Urchin Commission; Peter Halmay; Harry Liquornik; California 7 Abalone Association; Sonoma County; and County Abalone Network. By and through their 8 undersigned counsel, the parties state as follows: 9 WHEREAS, on December 23, 2009, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint for 10 Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in the above-captioned case, alleging that the Service 11 unreasonably delayed a decision on whether the southern sea otter translocation program has 12 failed according to the five failure criteria at 50 C.F.R. § 1784(d)(8), in violation of the 13 Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 555(b); 14 WHEREAS, on November 22, 2010, the parties, through their authorized representatives, 15 entered into a Stipulated Settlement Agreement, ECF No. 66, resolving the claims set forth in 16 Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint; 17 18 WHEREAS, on November 23, 2010, the Court approved the Stipulated Settlement Agreement and ordered dismissal with prejudice of the action, ECF No. 67; 19 WHEREAS, the Stipulated Settlement Agreement requires the Service to submit to the 20 Federal Register a notice of a final determination on the proposed rule amending 50 C.F.R. § 21 17.84(d) on or before December 7, 2012; 22 WHEREAS, the Stipulated Settlement Agreement allows this deadline to be modified 23 upon good cause shown by written stipulation between the parties filed with and approved by the 24 Court, ECF No. 67 at 4; 25 WHEREAS, Notice of the Availability of a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 26 Statement on the Translocation of Southern Sea Otters Program was published by the 27 Environmental Protection Agency on November 9, 2012, 77 Fed. Reg. 67362 (Nov. 9, 2012); 28 Stipulation to Amend Settlement Agreement2 No. C. 09-4610 JW 1 WHEREAS, pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 1506.10(b)(2), the Service shall not make a final 2 determination on a proposed action until at least 30 days after publication of the notice of 3 availability of the relevant final environmental impact statement; 4 WHEREAS, the Service requires additional time to comply with 40 C.F.R. § 5 1506.10(b)(2) before it may submit a notice of a final determination on the proposed rule 6 amending 50 C.F.R. § 17.84(d); 7 WHEREAS, the Service shall submit to the Federal Register a notice of a final 8 determination on the proposed rule amending 50 C.F.R. § 17.84(d) on or before December 14, 9 2012; 10 11 WHEREAS, on November 8, 2012, Plaintiffs’ and Intervenor-Defendants’ counsel consented to this 7-day extension of time. 12 13 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 14 1. On or before December 14, 2012, the Service shall submit to the Federal Register a 15 notice of a final determination on the proposed rule amending 50 C.F.R. § 17.84(d). 16 17 DATED this 14th day of November, 2012. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Respectfully Submitted, /s/ Brian Segee (as authorized 11/14/2012) Linda J. Krop (No. 118773) Brian Segee (No. 200795) Environmental Defense Center 906 Garden Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: (805) 963-1622 Fax: (805) 962-3152 Email: bsegee@EnvironmentalDefenseCenter.org 26 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 27 IGNACIA S. MORENO, Assistant Attorney General SETH M. BARSKY, Section Chief KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON, Assistant Chief 28 Stipulation to Amend Settlement Agreement3 No. C. 09-4610 JW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 /s/ Mary Hollingsworth MARY HOLLINGSWORTH (AZ Bar No. 027080) Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section Ben Franklin Station P.O. Box 7611 Washington, DC 20044-7611 Phone: (202) 305-0324 Fax: (202) 305-0275 Email: mary.hollingsworth@usdoj.gov Attorneys for Federal Defendants 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 /s/ George J. Mannina, Jr. (as authorized 11/14/2012) George J. Mannina, Jr. (D.C. Bar No. 316943) Pro hac vice NOSSAMAN LLP 1666 K St., N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20006 Phone: (202) 887-1400 Fax: (202) 466-3215 Email: gmannina@nossaman.com Attorney for Intervenor-Defendants ATTORNEY ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE I hereby attest that I have obtained concurrence in this filing and for affixing the signature of Plaintiffs’ and Intervenor-Defendants’ counsel, indicated by a “conformed” signature (“/s/”), to this e-filed document, in accordance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3). 21 22 23 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 24 25 Dated: this ____ day of _______________, 2012. 14th November 26 27 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Stipulation to Amend Settlement Agreement4 No. C. 09-4610 JW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOSE DIVISION 11 12 THE OTTER PROJECT, et al., 13 14 15 16 Plaintiffs, v. KEN SALAZAR, et al., Defendants, 17 18 19 20 CALIFORNIA SEA URCHIN COMMISSION, et al., Intervenor-Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. C 09-4610 JW CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I hereby certify that today I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such to the attorneys of record. /s/ Mary Hollingsworth Mary Hollingsworth

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