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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PEOPLE OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C-04-02588 CRB (EDL)

ORDER SETTING FURTHER

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

During the settlement conference held on November 14, 2005, the parties agreed to proceed

in the following manner:

As proposed in the parties’ Joint Status Report on Remedy Phase (pp. 3-4), the parties agree

that the issue of remedy will be remanded to the Forest Service to revise the Fire Plan in light of

Judge Breyer’s Order dated July 11, 2005. By February 10, 2006, Defendants shall file an interim

status report on their compliance efforts, providing a copy to Judge Laporte. By April 10, 2006,

Defendants shall file a revised Fire Plan and a Final Report on Compliance, providing copies to

Judge Laporte. The Fire Plan shall contain specific references to the passages in NEPA-compliant

documents that Defendants believe authorizes each of the fire management directions contained in

the revised Fire Plan (e.g., by page, paragraph, and line) and, if feasible, the applicable locations

within the Forest to which the directions apply. The Final Report on Compliance shall identify any

specific fire management directions that are not in the revised Fire Plan but that appeared in the

original Fire Plan. The Final Report on Compliance also shall state whether, when and how, with

respect to each of those directions no longer contained in the Fire Plan, Defendants intend to pursue

NEPA process(es) leading to the restoration of those directions or, instead, whether they intend that

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the revised Fire Plan proceed indefinitely without those directions.

On April 19, 2006, Plaintiffs shall provide a response to Defendants, and shall provide to the

Court an updated confidential settlement conference statement. On April 24, 2006, following the

hearing scheduled in the Sequoia Valley Monument case, the parties each shall provide to the Court

confidential updates regarding the impact, if any, of that hearing on settlement. 

On April 26, 2006, the parties shall appear for a further settlement conference beginning at

9:00 a.m. in Courtroom E, 15th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102. 

In addition to the representatives who appeared at the November 14, 2005 settlement conference,

Defendants shall bring a responsible high level official from Washington, DC headquarters.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 17, 2005 ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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