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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, and

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, U.S. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, U.S. DEPARTMENT

OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

DEVELOPMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE

INTERIOR, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION,

and GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-01526 WHA

ORDER RE TIMING OF RELIEF

On March 6, this Court issued an order regarding the parties cross-motions for summary

judgment. That order vacated the agency action reported at Volume 69 of the Federal Register

beginning at Page 4219. Accordingly, the order required the Department of Energy (i) to revise

the goal for replacement fuels contained in the Energy Policy Act of 1992 as needed to make it

realistic and (ii) thereafter, with the benefit of the revised goal, to determine if a fleet rule for

municipal governments and certain private entities was necessary to meet the goal. 42 U.S.C

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13252, 13254, 13257. That order instructed the parties to propose a reasonable timeline to

accomplish this revised rulemaking process. This order adopts the following timeline:

1. The Department of Energy shall publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for a

revised replacement fuel goal by no later than September 6, 2006.

2. The Department shall prepare and issue a final rule for the replacement fuel goal

within six months after issuing the NOPR.

3. The Department shall publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the fleet rule

within six months after issuing the final rule for the replacement fuel goal.

4. The Department shall prepare and issue a final determination regarding the fleet rule

within six months after issuing the NOPR for the fleet rule.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 30, 2006 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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