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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:0701 Maritime Subsidy Board

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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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IGNACIA S. MORENO 

Assistant Attorney General 

ALISON D. GARNER (DC Bar No. 983858) 

KATHRYN M. LIBERATORE (NY Bar No. 4317780) 

Trial Attorneys 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

Natural Resources Section 

601 D Street, NW, 

Washington, D.C., 20004 

Telephone: (202) 514-2855 

Telephone: (202) 616-5082 

Facsimile: (202) 305-0506 

alison.garner@usdoj.gov 

kathryn.liberatore@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CALIFORNIA RESOURCES AGENCY, et al.,

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CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY,

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 The Parties to these actions, Plaintiffs, California Natural Resources Agency, California 

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the People of the State of California, ex rel. California 

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Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. (collectively, the “State Plaintiffs”), the Center for 

Biological Diversity, Los Padres ForestWatch, California Native Plant Society, Defenders of 

Wildlife, California Wilderness Coalition, The Wilderness Society, and Sierra Club (collectively, the 

“Environmental Plaintiffs”); Defendants, the United States Department of Agriculture, Thomas J. 

Vilsack, acting in his official capacity as the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, the United 

States Forest Service, Tom Tidwell, acting in his official capacity as Chief of the U.S. Forest 

Service, and Randy Moore, acting in his official capacity as Regional Forester for the Pacific 

Southwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service (collectively, the “Forest Service”); and IntervenorDefendants, the Blue Ribbon Coalition, California Association of 4-Wheel Drive Clubs, California 

Enduro Riders Association, and American Motorcyclist Association D36, by and through their 

undersigned counsel of record, hereby aver as follows: 

WHEREAS, On February 28, 2008, the State Plaintiffs filed a Complaint for declaratory and 

injunctive relief, pursuant to the National Forest Management Act (“NFMA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1604, the 

National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321, et seq., and the Administrative 

Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 551 et seq., challenging the Forest Service’s decision to adopt 

revised forest plans for the San Bernardino, Los Padres, Cleveland, and Angeles National Forests 

(“four forests”). 

WHEREAS, On August 14, 2008, the Environmental Plaintiffs filed a Complaint for 

declaratory and injunctive relief, pursuant to the NFMA, NEPA, and the APA, challenging the same 

decision by the Forest Service to adopt revised forest plans for the four forests challenged by the 

State Plaintiffs, and also alleging a claim for attorneys’ fees and costs. 

WHEREAS, On September 29, 2009, the Court entered judgment, granting in part and 

denying in part the parties’ motions for summary judgment. Dkt. No. 60. The Court held that the 

Forest Service’s final Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) for the revised forest plans violated 

NEPA and the NFMA. The Court ordered the parties to submit, by November 3, 2009, simultaneous 

briefs proposing the appropriate forms of relief to remedy the violations of law found by the Court. 

The parties subsequently entered into settlement discussions to resolve remedy. The parties 

requested, and the Court granted, eight stipulated requests to stay the schedule for briefing of the 

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relief issue. On December 15, 2010, the parties finalized a settlement agreement (“Agreement”) 

determining the forms of relief and providing for payment of Environmental Plaintiffs’ attorneys’ 

fees and costs. The Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

Accordingly, the parties do hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. The Agreement resolves all the State and Environmental Plaintiffs’ claims against the 

Forest Service in these cases. The Agreement becomes effective upon an order of this Court 

dismissing the State and Environmental Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice. 

2. The Court retains jurisdiction over this matter to oversee compliance with the 

Agreement. See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375 (1994). 

Dated: December 15, 2010 

IGNACIA S. MORENO 

Assistant Attorney General 

 

s/Alison D. Garner 

ALISON D. GARNER 

 KATHRYN M. LIBERATORE 

Trial Attorneys 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

Natural Resources Section 

P.O. Box 663, Ben Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044-0663 

Telephone: (202) 514-2855 

Telephone: (202) 616-5082 

Facsimile: (202) 305-0506 

alison.garner@usdoj.gov 

kathryn.liberatore@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. 

Forest Service, Thomas J. Vilsack, acting in his official 

capacity as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Tom 

Tidwell, acting in his official capacity as Chief of the U.S. 

Forest Service, and Randy Moore, acting in his official 

capacity as Regional Forester for the Pacific Southwest Region 

of the U.S. Forest Service 

s/Erin M. Tobin (authorized)

Erin M. Tobin 

Trent W. Orr 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

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Oakland, CA 94612 

Tel.: (510) 550-6725 

Fax: (510) 550-6749 

etobin@earthjustice.org 

torr@earthjustice.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Los Padres ForestWatch, California Native Plant Society, 

Defenders of Wildlife, California Wilderness Coalition, The Wilderness Society, and Sierra Club 

s/Brian Hembacher (authorized)

Brian Hembacher 

Deputy Attorney General 

California Attorney General’s Office 

300 South Spring Street, Suite 1702 

Los Angeles, CA 90013 

Tel.: 213-897-2638 

Fax: 213-897-2802 

Brian.Hembacher@doj.ca.gov 

Attorney for People of the State of California, ex rel. California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. 

s/Peter Southworth (authorized) Peter Southworth 

Deputy Attorney General 

California Attorney General’s Office 

Land Law Section 

1300 I Street, 15th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Tel.: (916) 445 1685 

Fax: (916) 327 2319 

Peter.Southworth@doj.ca.gov 

Attorney for California Natural Resources Agency and 

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection 

s/Paul A. Turcke (authorized)

Paul A. Turcke 

Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Chartered 

950 West Bannock, Suite 520 

Boise, Idaho 83702 

Tel.: 208-331-1807 

Fax: 208-331-1202 

pat@msbtlaw.com 

Attorney for Intervenors Blue Ribbon Coalition, California 

Association of 4-Wheel Drive Clubs, California Enduro Riders 

Association and American Motorcyclist Association D36 

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 [PROPOSED] ORDER 

The above-captioned cases are dismissed with prejudice, except that the Court retains 

jurisdiction over these matters to oversee compliance with the Agreement. See Kokkonen v. 

Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375 (1994). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: 

 ________________________________ 

 MARILYN HALL PATEL 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

1/3/2011

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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EXHIBIT A 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CALIFORNIA RESOURCES AGENCY, et 

al.,

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

AGRICULTURE, et al.,

 

Defendants. 

 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL 

DIVERSITY, et al., 

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AGRICULTURE, et al., 

 

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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 

Judge Marilyn H. Patel 

The Parties to these actions, Plaintiffs, the People of the State of California, ex rel. 

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr., California Natural Resources Agency, 

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, (collectively, the “State Plaintiffs”), the 

Center for Biological Diversity, Los Padres ForestWatch, California Native Plant Society, 

Defenders of Wildlife, California Wilderness Coalition, The Wilderness Society, and Sierra Club 

(collectively, the “Environmental Plaintiffs”); Defendants, the United States Department of 

Agriculture, Thomas J. Vilsack, acting in his official capacity as the Secretary of the Department 

of Agriculture, the United States Forest Service, Tom Tidwell, acting in his official capacity as 

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Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, and Randy Moore, acting in his official capacity as Regional 

Forester for the Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service (collectively the “Forest 

Service”); and Intervenor-Defendants, the Blue Ribbon Coalition, California Association of 4-

Wheel Drive Clubs, California Enduro Riders Association, and American Motorcyclist 

Association D36, by and through their undersigned counsel of record, hereby agree to the 

following Settlement Agreement in order to resolve these actions informally, solely as a 

compromise, and to avoid the need for further litigation before the Court: 

1. The Forest Service will prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 

(“SEIS”) that re-examines forest plan management direction with regard to Inventoried 

Roadless Areas (“IRAs”)1

 within the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres and San Bernardino 

National Forests (collectively, “four forests”) and analyzes alternative monitoring 

protocols. The SEIS will include a description of the Forest Service’s efforts to 

coordinate with the State Plaintiffs regarding the State’s policies for management of 

roadless areas. At the request of the Environmental Plaintiffs and the People of the State 

of California, the Forest Service will consider, at a minimum, the areas listed in 

Attachment A, or portions thereof, for potential re-zoning to the Recommended 

Wilderness (“RW”) or Back Country Non-Motorized (“BCNM”) land use zones and the 

SEIS will include as a component of the proposed action, a proposal to rezone these 

areas, or portions thereof, to the RW or BCNM land use zones. Additional alternatives 

will also be considered as part of the NEPA process. The Forest Service will use best 

 

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identified in the set of inventoried roadless area maps contained in the Forest Service Roadless 

Area, Conservation, Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume Two, dated November 2000. 

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efforts to complete the SEIS and issue a Record of Decision within twenty-four months 

of the effective date of the Settlement Agreement. 

2. The Forest Service will provide Plaintiffs with a current inventory of National Forest 

System roads and trails and unauthorized routes within IRAs on the four forests within 

two weeks of the effective date of the Settlement Agreement. 

3. The Parties will engage in a collaborative process, to meet and exchange information, as 

follows: 

a. The Parties will use best efforts to review information regarding the road and trail 

inventory provided pursuant to Paragraph 2 above, as well as decommissioning 

and restoration efforts in IRAs that have taken place on the four forests since 

issuance of the revised forest plans, within two months of the effective date of the 

Settlement Agreement; 

b. The Parties will use best efforts to develop criteria for prioritizing road and trail 

decommissioning and/or restoration projects in IRAs within five months of the 

effective date of the Settlement Agreement; 

c. The Parties will use best efforts to identify a list of priority roads and trails for 

decommissioning and/or restoration projects in IRAs within seven months of the 

effective date of the Settlement Agreement. 

4. The Forest Service will use best efforts to identify and apply for existing sources of 

funding, including but not limited to Legacy Roads and Trails funds, for priority 

decommissioning and restoration projects in the four forests, assuming these funds 

continue to be available. If funding is secured, the Forest Service will use best efforts to 

make reasonable progress toward implementing the restoration and/or decommissioning 

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projects identified pursuant to Paragraph 3c above, after complying with NEPA 

procedures, as applicable. The Parties agree that the Forest Service is not required to 

seek appropriations for the projects identified in Paragraph 3. 

5. Between the date of this Settlement Agreement and the issuance of an SEIS and Record 

of Decision, the Forest Service will: 

a. Complete annual monitoring and evaluation reports as required by Part 3 of 

Appendix C of the revised forest plans, and make such reports available to the 

public by October 31 of the following year, except that the 2009 report will be 

made available within two months of the effective date of the Settlement 

Agreement; 

b. Modify Schedules of Proposed Action (SOPAs) for the four forests to indicate 

whether projects are proposed within IRAs and provide the names of the affected 

IRA(s) in the SOPAs; 

c. Not approve activities in IRAs in the four forests that impair the wilderness values 

of those areas and limit the Forest Service’s ability to recommend those areas for 

wilderness designation, except for: (1) activities needed to protect public health, 

safety, and property in cases of imminent threat; (2) activities required by law to 

be approved; (3) activities needed to manage or realign existing National Forest 

System roads; or (4) fuels reduction activities when necessary to reduce the risk 

of uncharacteristic fires and protect communities as long as the project does not 

involve road construction or reconstruction. Any roads constructed pursuant to 

one of the above exceptions shall be decommissioned as quickly as feasible when 

no longer needed. All activities within IRAs in the four forests must proceed in 

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compliance with all laws, regulations, and any other applicable legal 

requirements. 

6. The Forest Service will pay the Environmental Plaintiffs $250,000 in full and complete 

satisfaction of any and all claims, demands, rights, and causes of action pursuant to the 

Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and/or any other statute 

and/or common law theory, for all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Plaintiff, 

individually and/or severally, in this litigation. As used in Paragraphs 6-9, 

“Environmental Plaintiffs” is defined to include: Center for Biological Diversity, Los 

Padres ForestWatch, California Native Plant Society, Defenders of Wildlife, California 

Wilderness Coalition, and The Wilderness Society. The Parties agree that Sierra Club, 

the People of the State of California, the California Natural Resources Agency, and the 

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection are not requesting attorney’s fees 

or costs. 

7. The Forest Service’s payment, as identified in Paragraph 6 above, shall be accomplished 

by electronic funds transfer to Earthjustice. Environmental Plaintiffs’ attorneys shall 

provide the appropriate account number and other information needed to facilitate 

payment to the undersigned counsel. Defendants shall submit the paperwork for the 

payment within twenty (20) business days after the stipulation of dismissal is entered by 

the Court or Environmental Plaintiffs provide the necessary information as required to 

facilitate the payment, whichever is later. Environmental Plaintiffs’ attorneys shall notify 

the Defendants’ attorneys when payment is received. 

8. The Environmental Plaintiffs agree that receipt of the full amount specified in Paragraph 

6, above, from the Forest Service to Environmental Plaintiffs’ attorneys shall operate as a 

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release of any and all claims for attorneys’ fees and costs that Environmental Plaintiffs 

may seek to pursue in this litigation. 

9. The Environmental Plaintiffs’ attorneys are receiving funds in trust for Environmental 

Plaintiffs, and Environmental Plaintiffs and their attorneys agree to hold harmless 

Defendant in any litigation, further suit, or claim arising from the deposit of the agreedupon $250,000 settlement amount into the Client Trust Account identified in Paragraph 7. 

10. The Parties agree that they will submit the accompanying stipulation of dismissal and 

proposed order dismissing these cases with prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41, 

provided that the Court shall retain jurisdiction as specified in Paragraph 11. See 

Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375 (1994). If the Court does not 

enter the Settlement Agreement, it is voidable by any party. 

11. The Parties agree that the Court should retain jurisdiction over these matters solely to 

enforce the terms of this Settlement Agreement. In the event of a disagreement between 

the parties concerning any aspect of this Settlement Agreement, the dissatisfied Party 

shall provide the other Party with written notice of the dispute and a request for 

negotiations. The Parties shall meet and confer in order to attempt to resolve the dispute 

within 30 days of the written notice, or such time thereafter as is mutually agreed. If the 

Parties are unable to resolve the dispute within 60 days of such meeting, then either Party 

may file a motion to enforce the terms of the Agreement. Any challenge by Plaintiffs to 

the validity or sufficiency of the SEIS completed pursuant to Paragraph 1 above, 

including any challenge to the Forest Service’s compliance with the provisions of 

Paragraph 1 concerning matters to be addressed in the SEIS, shall be made only upon 

completion of the SEIS and Plaintiffs’ exhaustion of any and all available administrative 

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appeal opportunities. For cases brought pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 7 

U.S.C. §§ 701-706, the Court’s review will be conducted only to the extent allowed by, 

and pursuant to, the judicial review provisions of the APA. The Parties agree that 

contempt of court is not an available remedy for any violation of this Agreement, and the 

Parties therefore knowingly waive any right that they might have to seek an order of 

contempt for any such violation. 

12. This Agreement is the result of compromise and settlement and does not represent an 

admission by any Party to any fact, claim, or defense in any issue in this lawsuit. This 

Agreement has no precedential value and shall not be cited in any other litigation except 

as necessary to enforce the terms of the Agreement. 

13. No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted as or constitute a commitment or 

requirement that Defendants obligate or pay funds in violation of the Anti-Deficiency 

Act, 31 U.S.C. § 1341, or any other applicable appropriations law. 

14. Nothing in the terms of this Agreement shall be construed to limit or deny the power of a 

federal official to promulgate or amend regulations. 

15. The undersigned representatives of the Parties certify that they are fully authorized by the 

respective Parties whom they represent to enter into the terms and conditions of this and 

to legally bind such Parties to it. 

16. This Agreement represents the entirety of the Parties’ commitments with regard to 

settlement. The terms of this Agreement shall become effective upon entry by the Court 

of the accompanying order of dismissal. 

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Attachment A

Antimony 

Barker Valley 

Black Mountain 

Cactus Springs B 

Caliente 

Cedar Creek2

Coldwater 

Cucamonga B 

Cucamonga C 

Cuyama 

Diablo 

Dry Lakes 

Eagle Peak 

Fish Canyon 

Fox Mountain 

Garcia Mountain 

Juncal 

Ladd 

Machesna Mountain 

Malduce Buckhorn 

No Name 

Pyramid Peak A 

Quatal 

Raywood Flat B 

Red Mountain 

Salt Creek 

Sawmill Badlands 

Sespe Frazier 

Sill Hill 

Spoor Canyon 

Tequepis 

Trabuco 

Tule 

Upper San Diego River Gorge2 

White Ledge 

West Fork 

Westfork 

 

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wilderness designation recommendation and were analyzed for potential wilderness designation 

recommendations in the Final EIS supporting the revised forest plans. All other areas listed in 

Attachment A are IRAs. 

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Dated: December 15, 2010 

IGNACIA S. MORENO 

Assistant Attorney General 

 

/s/Alison D. Garner

ALISON D. GARNER 

 KATHRYN M. LIBERATORE 

Trial Attorneys 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

Natural Resources Section 

P.O. Box 663, Ben Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044-0663 

Telephone: (202) 514-2855 

Telephone: (202) 616-5082 

Facsimile: (202) 305-0506 

alison.garner@usdoj.gov 

kathryn.liberatore@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

U.S. Forest Service, Thomas J. Vilsack, acting in his 

official capacity as Secretary of the Department of 

Agriculture, Tom Tidwell, acting in his official capacity as 

Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, and Randy Moore, acting 

in his official capacity as Regional Forester for the Pacific 

Southwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service 

/s/Erin M. Tobin

Erin M. Tobin 

Trent W. Orr 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Tel.: (510) 550-6725 

Fax: (510) 550-6749 

etobin@earthjustice.org 

torr@earthjustice.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Los Padres ForestWatch, California Native Plant Society, 

Defenders of Wildlife, California Wilderness Coalition, The Wilderness Society, and Sierra Club 

/s/Brian Hembacher

Brian Hembacher 

Deputy Attorney General 

California Attorney General’s Office 

300 South Spring Street, Suite 1702 

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Los Angeles, CA 90013 

Tel.: 213-897-2638 

Fax: 213-897-2802 

Brian.Hembacher@doj.ca.gov 

Attorney for People of the State of California, ex rel. California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. 

/s/Peter Southworth

Peter Southworth 

Deputy Attorney General 

California Attorney General’s Office 

Land Law Section 

1300 I Street, 15th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Tel.: (916) 445 1685 

Fax: (916) 327 2319 

Peter.Southworth@doj.ca.gov 

Attorney for California Natural Resources Agency and 

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection 

/s/Paul A. Turcke

Paul A. Turcke 

Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Chartered 

950 West Bannock, Suite 520 

Boise, Idaho 83702 

Tel.: 208-331-1807 

Fax: 208-331-1202 

pat@msbtlaw.com 

Attorney for Intervenors Blue Ribbon Coalition, California 

Association of 4-Wheel Drive Clubs, California Enduro 

Riders Association and American Motorcyclist Association 

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