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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment

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ROBERT B. WIYGUL, ESQ. (LA Bar No. 17411) 

Waltzer & Associates 

1025 Division Street, Suite C 

Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 

Tel: 228-374-0700/ Fax: 228-374-0725 

Email: robert@waltzerlaw.com 

PAUL P. “SKIP” SPAULDING, III, ESQ. (CA Bar No. 83922) 

DAVID J. LAZERWITZ, ESQ. (CA Bar No. 221349) 

ANDREW W. INGERSOLL, ESQ. (CA Bar No. 221348) 

SKY C. STANFIELD, ESQ. (CA Bar No. 244966) 

Farella Braun + Martel LLP 

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Tel: 415-954-4400/Fax: 415-954-4480 

Email: sstanfield@fbm.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Alliance for Responsible Recreation, 

The Wilderness Society, the California Wilderness Coalition, 

Friends of Juniper Flats, Western San Bernardino Landowners 

Ass’n, , the California Native Plant Society, and Community 

ORV Watch 

CHARLES R. SHOCKEY (DC Bar No. 914879) 

U. S. Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

Natural Resources Section 

501 “I” Street, Suite 9-700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322 

Telephone: (916) 930-2203 

Facsimile: (916) 930-2210 

Email: charles.shockey@usdoj.gov 

Attorney for Federal Defendants, BLM, et al. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL 

DIVERSITY, et al., 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 

et al., 

Defendants. 

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JOINT STIPULATION TO FURTHER 

CONTINUE BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND 

HEARING DATE ON MOTIONS TO 

SUPPLEMENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE 

RECORD AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Hearing set for: 

Date: September 28, 2007 

Time: 9 a.m. 

Courtroom 10, 19th Floor 

The Honorable Susan Illston 

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I. INTRODUCTION

The Federal Defendants filed the Administrative Record in this matter on April 3, 2007, 

after which Plaintiffs immediately commenced review of approximately 8,000 documents and 

over 96,000 pages of text and data. Through this process, Plaintiffs identified a substantial 

number of documents that appeared to be missing from the Administrative Record for the off road 

vehicle route designations for the Western Mojave Planning Area (“WEMO”). In early May 

2007, the parties began to meet and confer regarding the location and relevance of these missing 

documents. In the three months since that time, the BLM has discovered in excess of 4,000 

potentially relevant documents of several different types. 

The parties have continued to meet and confer regarding the documents the BLM has 

discovered in response to plaintiffs’ inquiries. Based on the number of documents discovered and 

the time needed for the BLM to review those documents and make them available to plaintiffs, 

the parties have filed two previous stipulations requesting that the Court extend the briefing 

schedule for filing motions to supplement the record, as well as dispositive motions on the merits 

of the case. These stipulations were in part intended, as a matter of efficiency, to allow plaintiffs 

to file a single motion to supplement the record after all missing documents had been identified, 

and any mutually agreeable supplementation had occurred. 

In the most recent meet and confer discussion of the parties, on August 1, 2007, the parties 

were able to reach agreement that some of the categories of documents discovered should be 

submitted for inclusion in the Administrative Record by the dates set out below. However, the 

BLM has represented to the plaintiffs that some of the documents it has discovered will take 

substantial additional time to review and prepare for inclusion in the Administrative Record, and 

therefore seeks a staged schedule for submission of these documents. In addition, the parties 

disagree about whether some documents should be in the record at all, with BLM contending that 

certain documents are not properly part of the administrative record for the challenged action, and 

with plaintiffs seeking to include those documents as part of the official record. 

Therefore, as explained and as set forth below, the Parties respectfully request that the 

Court modify the current schedule for filing supplements to the Administrative Record and for 

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filing motions to supplement the Administrative Record. The Parties will continue to work in 

good faith to attempt to resolve any disagreements regarding the sufficiency of the Administrative 

Record without the need for judicial intervention. Moreover, the parties will continue to engage 

in good faith discussions regarding the dispositive briefing schedule and whether there exists any 

other means to expeditiously and efficiently resolve this litigation. 

II. CATEGORIES OF DOCUMENTS AND PROPOSED DATES FOR 

SUPPLEMENTATION OF RECORD 

A. Data and Maps Created in the BLM “Box” Route Designation Effort 

In June through August 1998, BLM engaged in a route designation process to analyze 

detailed aerial maps of the Western Mojave planning area and assign specific resource attributes 

to each existing route on the map, labeled the “ Box” effort by BLM staff. Plaintiffs and Federal 

Defendants disagree about the exact results of the Box process, the reasons the resulting route 

designation recommendations were not adopted, the relationship between the “Box” effort and the 

decision by BLM under review in this action, and the existence and relevance of certain 

documents and data relating to that effort. Plaintiffs believe that maps and data used in the Box 

effort are essential parts of BLM’s decision making process and belong in the Administrative 

Record. While the parties disagree about the relevance of the Box process, the Federal 

Defendants agreed to serve, and did serve, plaintiffs a copy of all computer data BLM has found 

related to the Box process on disk on August 10, for delivery on August 13. 

Because the dispute over whether the above-described “Box” data and information is 

properly part of the Administrative Record is ripe for judicial determination, and because the 

Parties are hopeful that any remaining disputes relating to the adequacy of the Administrative 

Record can be resolved without the need for judicial intervention, thereby facilitating the 

expeditious resolution of this litigation, the Parties respectfully request that the current schedule 

for filing motions to supplement the Administrative Record be maintained with respect to the 

“Box” issues. Thus, the parties agree that Plaintiffs’ deadline for filing a motion to supplement 

the administrative record on “Box” issues would be August 31, 2007, Federal Defendants’ 

deadline for opposing Plaintiffs’ motion would be September 14, 2007, and Plaintiffs’ deadline 

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for filing a reply in support of motion to supplement the administrative record would be 

September 21, 2007, with a hearing date of October 5, 2007. 

B. Protests, Comment Letters, Privilege Logs 

During the course of the underlying administrative decision made by the Federal 

Defendants, Plaintiffs or their constituent members submitted certain comment and formal protest 

letters to the BLM which were not produced in the Administrative Record. The Federal 

Defendants agreed to add these letters in a supplement to the record. The Federal Defendants also 

asserted the attorney client privilege, the attorney work product privilege, and/or the deliberative 

process privilege for 59 documents in the privilege log which accompanied the April 3, 2007, 

WEMO record. After further review, the Federal Defendants determined that they would release 

and no longer claim privilege over approximately 24 of these documents and, in addition, would 

redact and release portions of approximately nine (9) additional documents. The Federal 

Defendants also agreed to include these documents in a supplement to the record along with a 

privilege log providing sufficient detail to allow an evaluation of the privilege claim for the 

remaining documents. On August 10, 2007, Federal Defendants filed the First Supplement to the 

Administrative Record, to be delivered to all Parties on August 13, 2007. See Docket No. 66. 

If any issues remain relating to the adequacy of the revised privilege log, the scope of the 

privilege protection sought, or if any of the comment letters or protests and responses are still 

missing, Plaintiffs will include briefing on these issues in the above-mentioned motion to 

supplement the record which will be filed on August 31, 2007. 

C. Emails and Attached Documents 

The BLM has identified approximately 4,000 emails, some with electronic attachments, 

which should have been reviewed for possible inclusion in the administrative record. The BLM 

has agreed to serve, and did serve, an electronic copy of relevant emails (and attachments) and an 

index to Plaintiffs on a disk on August 10, for delivery on August 13, 2007. The Federal 

Defendants will include the relevant emails in an additional supplement to the Administrative 

Record by September 7, 2007, which will be after the previously agreed upon deadline to file 

motions to supplement the Administrative Record. As stated above, the parties are will continue 

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to work together in good faith to resolve any future disagreements which may arise pertaining to 

future supplements to the Administrative Record. However, because it may be necessary to file a 

second motion to supplement the record with respect to these emails, the parties request that the 

Court extend the deadline for motions to supplement the record with respect to these late-filed 

materials to September 21, 2007. The Federal Defendants reserve the right to oppose any such 

motion. 

D. Additional Miscellaneous Documents

These documents consist of two categories. First, the BLM has located approximately 

4,000 “desert tortoise transect forms.” Second, the BLM has located a series of additional 

miscellaneous documents, which may include a number of oversized maps not previously 

included in the Administrative Record, which it believes should be now be included. For each of 

these groups of documents, the BLM will reproduce and provide a set of those documents to the 

Plaintiffs and include these documents in an additional supplement to the Administrative Record 

by September 7, 2007. As noted above, because it may be necessary to file a second motion to 

supplement the record with respect to these and other late-filed documents, the parties request that 

the Court extend the deadline for motions to supplement the record with respect to these late-filed 

materials to September 21, 2007. The Federal Defendants reserve the right to oppose any such 

motion. 

III. RELIEF REQUESTED

All parties request that the Court amend the schedule for supplementation of the 

record and briefing as follows: 

August 31, 2007 – Plaintiffs file first Motion to Supplement the record; 

September 14, 2007 – Opposition to Motion to Supplement the record; 

September 21, 2007 – Reply to Opposition to Motion to Supplement; 

October 5, 2007 – Hearing date for Motion to Supplement. 

September 7, 2007 – Federal Defendants file an additional supplement to the record 

consisting of emails and miscellaneous documents, desert tortoise transect forms, maps and 

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miscellaneous additional documents; 

September 21, 2007 – Plaintiffs’ deadline for filing motion to supplement the 

administrative record relating to BLM’s September, 7, 2007, supplements to the Administrative 

Record, if any. 

October 5, 2007 – Response to second motion to supplement record; 

October 12, 2007 – Reply to second motion to supplement record; 

October 19, 2007 – Hearing on second motion to supplement record; 

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: August 13, 2007 

 /s/ 

Sky C. Stanfield (CA Bar No. 244966) 

Paul P. “Skip” Spaulding, III (CA Bar No. 83922) 

David J. Lazerwitz (CA Bar No. 221349) 

Andrew W. Ingersoll (CA Bar No. 221348) 

Farella Braun & Martel LLP 

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 954-4400 

Facsimile: (415) 954-4480 

Email: sstanfield@fbm.com 

 sspaulding@fbm.com 

 dlazerwitz@fbm.com 

 AIngersoll@fbm.com 

Robert B. Wiygul (LA Bar # 17411) pro hac vice 

Waltzer & Associates 

1025 Division Street, Suite C 

Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 

Telephone: (228) 374-0700 

Facsimile: (228) 374-0725 

Email: robert@waltzerlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Alliance for Responsible 

Recreation, The Wilderness Society, Friends of 

Juniper Flats, Western San Bernardino County 

Landowners Association, California Wilderness 

Coalition, California Native Plant Society, and 

Community ORV Watch 

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DATED: August 13, 2007 /s/ 

MICHAEL R. EITEL, Attorney (Neb. Bar No. 22889) 

RONALD J. TENPAS, 

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief 

LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Section Chief 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 

Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 

Telephone: (202) 305-0210 

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275 

CHARLES R. SHOCKEY, Trial Attorney 

(DC Bar No. 914879) 

U. S. Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

Natural Resources Section 

501 “I” Street, Suite 9-700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322 

Telephone: (916) 930-2203 

Facsimile: (916) 930-2210 

Email: charles.shockey@usdoj.gov 

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (SCSBN 9990) 

United States Attorney 

CHARLES M. O’CONNOR (SBN 56320) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Environment & Natural Resources Unit 

50 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, California 94102 

Telephone: (415) 436-7180 

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748 

Attorneys for Federal Defendants 

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DATED: August 13, 2007 /s/ 

Lisa T. Belenky (CA Bar No. 203225) 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

1095 Market St., Suite 511 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Telephone: (415) 436-9682 x 307 

Facsimile: (415) 436-9683 

Email: lbelenky@biologicaldiversity.org 

Deborah A. Sivas (CA Bar No. 135446) 

STANFORD ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC 

Stanford Law School 

Crown Quadrangle 

559 Nathan Abbott Way 

Stanford, California 94305-8610 

Telephone: (650) 723-0325 

Facsimile: (650) 723-4426 

Email: dsivas@stanford.edu 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Center for Biological 

Diversity, Sierra Club, Public Employees for 

Environmental Responsibility, and Desert Survivors 

DATED: August 13, 2007 /s/ 

Paul A. Turcke pro hac vice 

Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke 

950 Bannock Street, Suite 500 

Boise, Idaho 83702 

Telephone: (208) 331-1800 

Facsimile: (208) 331-1202 

Email: PAT@msbtlaw.com 

Attorney for Defendant-Intervenors California 

Association of 4 Wheel Drive Clubs, United Four 

Wheel Drive Associations and the BlueRibbon 

Coalition

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, and pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, the dates for 

supplementation of the record and briefing schedules set forth in the stipulation of the parties are 

approved. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ ____________________________________ 

 HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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