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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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[AMENDED PROPOSED] ORDER FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SIERRA CLUB, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

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BOSWORTH, et al.,

Defendants.

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[AMENDED PROPOSED]

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING

ORDER

Case No.: C 05-00397-CRB

Related Case No. C 04-02588-CRB

Related Case No. C 05-00898-CRB

Plaintiffs have moved for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 and Civil L.R. 65-1, prohibiting

Defendants and their contractors from taking any further action to implement activities

related to the “Ice Helicopter Timber Sale,” (the “Ice Project”) located in the Sequoia

National Forest.

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Upon consideration of the prior proceedings in this case, as well as parties’ briefs

and evidentiary materials, and after hearing argument and testimony, IT IS ORDERED

that Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order is GRANTED.

Plaintiffs claim that the Forest Service has violated the National Environmental

Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. §4321 et seq., by proceeding with the Ice Project in the face of

significant new information without adequate environmental analysis. See 40 C.F.R. §

1502.9(c)(1)(ii) (2002). The Forest Service has refused to prepare a supplemental

environmental impact statement for the Ice Project, relying on the Revised Ice Timber

Sale and Fuel Reduction Environmental Assessment, the Revised White River

Environmental Assessment, and three Supplemental Information Reports Projects, the

last of which are dated October 26, 2005. Plaintiffs contend that these documents do not

constitute a “hard look” at the impacts of the Ice Project, and fail to provide a rational and

non-arbitrary basis for the Forest Service’s conclusion that the Project will have no

significant impact on the imperiled Pacific fisher.

Plaintiffs have demonstrated a combination of probable success on the merits of

their claim, as well as a threat of irreparable injury to the endangered Pacific fisher, which

taken together are sufficient to merit the requested relief.

Defendants and their contractors are hereby enjoined from taking any further

action to implement the Ice Project, including permitting, commencing or continuing any

ground disturbing activities such as the grading for or construction of roads, or

commencing or continuing any timbering activities, such as the cutting, logging, or

removal of trees or logs from any part of the project area, with the following exceptions:

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(1) Defendants may remove trees that were felled prior to November 4, 2005,

either as part of the Ice or the previously enjoined Saddle Fuel Reduction

Projects;

(2) On Units 908, 909, and 911 of the Ice Project only, Defendants may continue

to fell trees measuring 16 inches or less in breast-height diameter; and

(3) Prescribed burning is permitted on all Projects.

No further bond is required; this case involves a public interest in the protected

objects of the Giant Sequoia National Monument and its surrounding ecosystems.

This temporary restraining order will remain in effect until further notice from this

Court.

ORDERED this 7th day of November 2005, in the City of San Francisco,

California.

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Hon. Charles R. Breyer

DISTRICT JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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APPROVED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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