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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 

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NRDC v. Gutierrez, Case No. 07-4771-EDL

RONALD J. TENPAS

Acting Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON, Senior Trial Attorney

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

GUILLERMO MONTERO, Trial Attorney

Natural Resources Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Benjamin Franklin Station - P.O. Box 7369/ P.O. Box 663

Washington, D.C. 20044

(202) 305-0211 (tel.) / (202) 305-0443 (tel.)

(202) 305-0275 (fax)/ (202) 305-0274 (fax)

Kristen.Gustafson@usdoj.gov

Guillermo.Montero@usdoj.gov

Counsel for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE ) 

COUNCIL, INC., et al., ) Civ. Action No. 07-4771-EDL

) 

 Plaintiffs, ) [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING

) DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO 

v. ) SUBMIT CLASSIFIED DECLARATION FOR

) EX PARTE AND IN CAMERA REVIEW

CARLOS GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY )

OF THE UNITED STATES )

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al. ) 

) Judge: Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte

 Defendants. ) Ctrm: E

) Hearing Date: December 11, 2007

) Time: 9 a.m.

)

____________________________________) 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Upon consideration of Defendants’ Motion for Leave to Submit Classified Declaration for Ex

Parte and In Camera Review (“Motion”) and all relevant briefs, it is hereby

ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED; and it is further 

ORDERED that the proposed Classified Declaration shall be handled in accordance with the

procedures set forth in 28 C.F.R. § 17, including the following:

(1) Classified information is not to be disclosed or introduced into evidence without the

prior approval of either the originating agency, the Attorney General, or the President. 

See 28 C.F.R. § 17.17(c)(2).

(2) Attendance at any proceeding where classified information will be disclosed is to be

limited to those persons with appropriate authorization to access this information,

whose duties require knowledge or possession of the classified information to be

disclosed. See 28 C.F.R. § 17.17(c)(3). 

(3) Aside from the Judge herself, access to classified information disclosed in this action

is to be limited to those Court employees who have been determined eligible for such

access by the Department of Justice Security Officer and who have been fully advised

of all pertinent safeguarding requirements and their liability in the event of

unauthorized disclosure. See 28 C.F.R. §§ 17.17(c)(3) and (c)(10); 28 C.F.R. §

17.46(c).

(4) Classified documents are to be appropriately handled and stored in a manner

consistent with Department of Justice security directives. See 28 C.F.R.

§§ 17.17(c)(4) & (7). 

(5) In the event that the Court wishes to hear any testimony or oral argument which the

government believes would include classified information, this testimony or argument

is to be recorded and transcribed pursuant to the instructions of the Department of

Justice Security Officer. See 28 C.F.R. § 17.17(c)(7). 

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(6) Any notes or other documents prepared by the Court or its personnel that contain

classified information are to be prepared, handled, and stored consistent with the

directives of the Department of Justice Security Officer, see 28 C.F.R. § 17.17(c)(7),

and retrieved at the close of the proceedings by the Department of Justice Security

Officer for safeguarding or destruction. See 28 C.F.R. § 17.17(c)(9).

(7) At the conclusion of the proceedings, all original classified information shall be

returned to the Department of Justice or the originating agency, or placed under court

seal for safekeeping by the Department of Justice Security Officer. See 28 C.F.R. §

17.17(c)(8); and it is further

ORDERED that the Defendants shall deposit the classified declaration with the Department of

Justice Regional Security Office, located at 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA, on the 9th

floor, where it shall be stored in an appropriate secured facility. Upon request, an individual with the

Department of Justice’s Security Office and with an appropriate security clearance shall hand-carry

the Classified Declaration to the Court, remain present during the Court’s ex parte and in camera

review, and return the classified Declaration to the secured safe at the conclusion of the Court’s

review.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: _________________ _____________________________________

Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte

United States Magistrate Judge

November 29, 2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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