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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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JOINT STIP. MODIFYING TERMS Butte Envtl. Council v. White,

OF THE CONSENT DECREE No. 2:00-cv-00797-WBS-GGH

NEIL LEVINE

Earthjustice

1400 Glenarm Place, suite 300

Denver, CO 80202

Tele: (303) 623-9466

Fax: (303) 623-8083

LAWRENCE D. SANDERS

Turner Environmental Law Clinic

Emory University School of Law

1301 Clifton Road

Atlanta, GA 30322

Tele: (404) 712-8008

Fax: (404) 727-7851

Attorneys for Plaintiff

KELLY A. JOHNSON, Acting Assistant Attorney General

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief

LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Section Chief

KEVIN W. McARDLE, Trial Attorney (D.C. Bar No. 454569)

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

Tel: 202-305-0219

Fax: 202-305-0275

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BUTTE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, a

California organization,

Plaintiff,

v. 

 

WAYNE WHITE, Supervisor, Sacramento

Field Office, et al.,

Defendants,

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Case No: 2:00-cv-00797-WBS-GGH

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

MODIFYING TERMS OF THE

CONSENT DECREE

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1

 Matthew J. Hogan, Acting Director of FWS, is automatically substituted for his predecessor in office,

Steve Williams, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d)(1). 

JOINT STIP. MODIFYING TERMS Butte Envtl. Council v. White,

OF THE CONSENT DECREE -2- No. 2:00-cv-00797-WBS-GGH

Plaintiff Butte Environmental Council and Defendants Wayne White, in his official

capacity as Supervisor of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) Sacramento Field

Office; Matthew J. Hogan, in his official capacity as Acting Director of FWS;1 and Gail Norton,

in her official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, by and

through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendants, through their authorized representatives, reached

an agreement, in the form of a Consent Decree, to, among other things, set a deadline of

December 15, 2005, for Defendants to complete a Final Recovery Plan for the 15 vernal pool

species;

WHEREAS the parties agree that the December 15, 2005 deadline should be extended, to

and including January 31, 2006, so that Defendants will have sufficient time to (1) consider

additional information relating to the 15 vernal pool species that has only recently become

available and (2) address numerous comments from the public on the Draft Recovery Plan;

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

1. Paragraph 6 of the December 5, 2002 Consent Decree is hereby modified such that the

deadline for Defendants to complete a Final Recovery Plan for the 15 vernal pool species is

changed from December 15, 2005, to January 31, 2006.

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JOINT STIP. MODIFYING TERMS Butte Envtl. Council v. White,

OF THE CONSENT DECREE -3- No. 2:00-cv-00797-WBS-GGH

Respectfully submitted,

LAWRENCE D. SANDERS KELLY A. JOHNSON

Turner Environmental Law Clinic Acting Assistant Attorney General

Emory University School of Law JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief

1301 Clifton Road LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Section Chief

Atlanta, GA 30322

Tele: (404) 712-8008

 /s/ Neil Levine (by Kevin McArdle as 

 authorized on October 3, 2005) /s/ Kevin W. McArdle 

NEIL LEVINE KEVIN W. McARDLE, Trial Attorney

Earthjustice D.C. Bar No. 454569

1400 Glenarm Place, Suite 300 U.S. Department of Justice

Denver, CO 80202 Environment & Natural Resources Division

Tele: (303) 623-9466 Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Attorneys for Plaintiff Washington, DC 20044-7369

Tele: (202) 305-0219

DATED: October 3, 2005

Attorneys for Defendants

DATED: October 3, 2005

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 3, 2005

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JOINT STIP. MODIFYING TERMS Butte Envtl. Council v. White,

OF THE CONSENT DECREE -4- No. 2:00-cv-00797-WBS-GGH

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 3rd day of October, 2005, I electronically filed a copy of the

forgoing JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER MODIFYING TERMS OF CONSENT

DECREE 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:

Neil Levine

Earthjustice

1400 Glenarm Place, Suite 300

Denver, CO 80202

e-mail: nlevine@earthjustice.org

Lawrence D. Sanders

Turner Environmental Law Clinic

Emory University School of Law

1301 Clifton Road

Atlanta, GA 30322

e-mail: lsanders@law.emory.edu

 /s/ Kevin W. McArdle 

Kevin W. McArdle 

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