USA v. Rapanos, et al

Filing 369

STIPULATED ORDER 368 Approving Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy. Signed by District Judge Bernard A Friedman. (Goltz, D)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ____________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 94-CV-70788-BAF v. ) HON. BERNARD A. FRIEDMAN ) JOHN A. RAPANOS, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) STIPULATED ORDER APPROVING SAGINAW BASIN LAND CONSERVANCY Pursuant to the United States' Motion for Approval of Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy, and for good cause shown, the Court approves the Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy, a Michigan non-profit corporation at 311 Fifth Street, P.O. Box 222, Bay City, Michigan, 48707, as the independent third party with conservation management experience to which Defendants shall transfer the mitigation project acreage in accordance with the Consent Decree entered March 18, 2009. A further order shall issue upon Dr. Gary Pierce's recommendation to the Court as to the amount of funds necessary to maintain the transferred wetlands in perpetuity.

STIPULATED BY THE PARTIES: /s/ Daniel R. Dertke U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Environmental Defense Section P.O. Box 23986 Washington, D.C. 20026 [phone] [e-mail] /s/ Kristi L. Kozubal Rapanos Investment Group General Counsel 925 East Wheeler St. Midland, Michigan 48642 [phone] [e-mail]

IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: May 5, 2010 s/Bernard A. Friedman BERNARD A. FRIEDMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record via the Court's ECF System to their respective email addresses or First Class U.S. mail disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on May 5, 2010. s/Deborah J. Goltz DEBORAH J. GOLTZ Case Manager