San Juan Citizens Alliance et al v. Stiles et al

Filing 113

ORDER Granting 112 Plaintiffs' Motion to Submit Post-hearing Memorandum Regarding Approval Procedures for Individual Wells and Providing for Responses, and the memorandum is accepted for filing. The defendants and intervenors may file their responses to the memorandum on or before February 3, 2010, signed by Judge Richard P. Matsch on 1/19/2010.(rpmcd)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Senior District Judge Richard P. Matsch Civil Action No. 08-cv-00144-RPM SAN JUAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE, COLORADO ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION, COLORADO WILD, OIL AND GAS ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT, and THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY, Plaintiffs, v. MARK STILES, in his official capacity as San Juan National Forest Supervisor and BLM Center Manager of the San Juan Public Lands Center, RICK CABLES, in his official capacity as Regional Forester of the Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service, UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, CHARLES CONNER, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, and DIRK KEMPTHORNE, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior, Defendants. and BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, ELM RIDGE EXPLORATION COMPANY, LLC, EXOK, INC., PETROX RESOURCES, INC., and XTO ENERGY INC., Intervenor-Defendants. ____________________________________________________________________________ ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO SUBMIT POST-HEARING MEMORANDUM REGARDING APPROVAL PROCEDURES FOR INDIVIDUAL WELLS AND PROVIDING FOR RESPONSES ____________________________________________________________________________ On January 15, 2010, the plaintiffs filed a motion to submit post-hearing memorandum regarding approval procedures for individual wells with the proposed memorandum attached. The plaintiffs seek to respond to questions raised by the Court at the hearing on December 30, 2009, which are relevant to the claims for violations of the Forest Plan. It is ORDERED that the motion is granted and the memorandum is accepted for filing. The

defendants and intervenors may file their responses to the memorandum on or before February 3, 2010. DATED: January 19th, 2010 BY THE COURT: s/Richard P. Matschgood ________________________________ Richard P. Matsch, Senior District Judge

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