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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 16:1538 Endangered Species Act

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Stipulation And Order Modifying Consent

Decree

No.: 2:05-cv-01363-LKK-JFM

RONALD J. TENPAS

Acting Assistant Attorney General

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Chief

KEVIN W. McARDLE, Trial Attorney (SBN 454569 (DC)) (Counsel for Service)

United States Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

Telephone: (202) 305-0219

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; BUILDING

INDUSTRY LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION;

CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY

ASSOCIATION; CALIFORNIA STATE

GRANGE; and GREENHORN GRANGE, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE; H. DALE HALL, Director of the United

States Fish and Wildlife Service; UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; and DIRK

KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the United States

Department of Interior, 

Defendants,

and

CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY;

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; and

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL,

 Defendant-Intervenors

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

MODIFYING CONSENT

DECREE

Plaintiffs, the Home Builders Association of Northern California; the Building Industry

Legal Defense Foundation; the California Building Industry Association; the California State

Grange; and the Greenhorn Grange; and Federal Defendants, the United States Fish and Wildlife

Service; H. Dale Hall, Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; the United States

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Department of the Interior; and Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the United States Department of

the Interior (collectively the “Service”), and Defendant-Intervenors California Native Plan

Society; the Center for Biological Diversity; and the Natural Resources Defense Council, by and

through their undersigned counsel, state as follows: 

WHEREAS on March 14, 2006, the parties filed a Settlement Agreement and Stipulation

of Dismissal (Dkt. #60-1) (“Settlement Agreement”) to resolve this litigation.

WHEREAS by Order dated March 24, 2006 (Dkt. #61), the Court adopted the terms and

conditions of the Settlement Agreement and dismissed this action with prejudice.

WHEREAS paragraph 1.a of the Settlement Agreement, Designation of Critical Habitat

for the Monterey Spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens), 69 Fed. Reg. 37498 (May

29, 2002), provides that “[o]n or before December 7, 2006, the Service shall submit for

publication in the Federal Register a proposed rule regarding any revisions to the designation. 

On or before December 7, 2007, the Service shall submit for publication in the Federal Register

a final decision regarding any such proposed rule.”

WHEREAS the Service submitted its proposal to revise the designation of critical habitat

for the Monterey Spineflower to the Federal Register on December 6, 2006, and the proposal

was published on December 14, 2006, 71 Fed. Reg. 75189 (Dec. 14, 2006).

WHEREAS the Service requires an additional 30 days to complete its evaluation of the

economic analysis of the proposed designation and public comments thereon, and to complete

the final revised critical habitat designation for the Monterey Spineflower.

WHEREAS paragraph 1.e of the Settlement Agreement, Designation of Critical Habitat

for the Quino Checkerspot Butterfly, (Euphydryas editha quino), 67 Fed. Reg. 18356 (April 15,

2002), provides that “[o]n or before December 7, 2007, the Service shall submit for publication

in the Federal Register a proposed rule regarding any revisions to the designation. On or before

December 7, 2008, the Service shall submit for publication in the Federal Register a final

decision regarding any such proposed rule.”

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WHEREAS the Service requires an additional 30 days to prepare the proposed revised

critical habitat designation for the Quino Checkerspot Butterfly due to the impacts of the recent

southern California fires on the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, which is the lead office for

this species.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby Stipulate and Agree as follows:

1. Paragraph 1.a. of the Settlement Agreement, as approved and adopted by the

Court on March 24, 2006, is amended to provide as follows:

 Designation of Critical Habitat for the Monterey Spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens var.

pungens), 69 Fed. Reg. 37498 (May 29, 2002). On or before December 7, 2006, the

Service shall submit for publication in the Federal Register a proposed rule regarding any

revisions to the designation. On or before January 8, 2008, the Service shall submit for

publication in the Federal Register a final decision regarding any such proposed rule.

2. Paragraph 1.e of the Settlement Agreement, as approved and adopted by the Court

on March 24, 2006, is amended to provide as follows:

Designation of Critical Habitat for the Quino Checkerspot Butterfly, (Euphydryas editha

quino), 67 Fed. Reg. 18356 (April 15, 2002). On or before January 8, 2008, the Service

shall submit for publication in the Federal Register a proposed rule regarding any

revisions to the designation. On or before December 7, 2008, the Service shall submit for

publication in the Federal Register a final decision regarding any such proposed rule.

3. Consistent with paragraph 2 of the Settlement Agreement, as approved and

adopted by the Court on March 24, 2006, the current critical habitat designations for the

Monterey Spineflower and Quino Checkerspot Butterfly shall remain in full force and effect

pending the completion of the reevaluation process described in the Settlement Agreement, as

amended above.

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It is so stipulated this 5th day of December, 2007. 

RONALD J. TENPAS /s/ M. Reed Hopper Acting Assistant Attorney General

M. REED HOPPER JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

Pacific Legal Foundation LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Chief

3900 Lennane Drive

Suite 200 /s/ Kevin W. McArdle Sacramento, CA 95834 KEVIN W. McARDLE, Trial Attorney 

Tele: (916) 419-7111 DC Bar # 454569

Fax: (916) 419-7747 United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Attorney for Plaintiffs Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

Telephone: (202) 305-0219

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

ANDREW WETZLER MATT KENNA (Pro Hac Vice)

JAMES M. BIRKELUND Western Environmental Law Center

Natural Resources Defense Council

By: /s/ James M. Birkelund By: /s/ Matt Kenna (Pro Hac Vice) 

JAMES M. BIRKELUND MATT KENNA

Attorney for Intervenor Attorneys for Intervenors

Natural Resources Defense Council California Native Plant Society and

Center for Biological Diversity

Pursuant to Stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 6, 2007.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 5th day of December, 2007, I electronically filed a copy of the

forgoing Settlement Agreement And Stipulation of Dismissal With Prejudice with the Clerk of

the Court using the CM/ECF system which, pursuant to L.R. 5-135(a), will automatically notify

the following individuals of the filing via e-mail:

M. Reed Hopper 

E-mail: mrh@pacificlegal.org 

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Matt Kenna 

Email: mkenna@animas.net 

Andrew Elsas Wetzler 

Email: awetzler@nrdc.org 

James Matthew Birkelund 

Email: jbirkelund@nrdc.org 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor Applicants

 /s/ Kevin W. McArdle KEVIN W. McARDLE

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