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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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28 ORDER APPROVING JOINT STIPULATION 

AND MODIFYING INJUNCTION 1 CASE NO. CV-F-00-6191-AWI/DLB 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

FRIENDS OF YOSEMITE VALLEY, ) Case No. CV-F-00-6191 AWI DLB

et al. )

) ORDER APPROVING 

Plaintiffs, ) JOINT STIPULATION and

 ) MODIFYING INJUNCTION

v. )

)

GALE NORTON, in her official )

capacity as Secretary of the )

Interior, et al., )

 )

 Defendants. )

____________________________________)

This matter is before the Court on the parties’ joint stipulation and request to modify one

element of the injunction contained in the Court’s July 6, 2004 Order. That Order, in relevant

part, enjoins the defendants “from implementing projects and activities relating to Yosemite

Lodge development,...” July 6 Order at 40.

In their joint stipulation, the plaintiffs and defendants informed the Court that they have

reached agreement with respect to modifying the injunction for one limited action addressed in

the Yosemite Lodge Area Redevelopment Project. The Yosemite Lodge Area Redevelopment

Project includes Camp 4, which contains an electrical substation decommissioned in the mid1990s. Yosemite Lodge Area Redevelopment Environmental Assessment (Lodge EA) at p. II19. The Lodge EA notes that the Park has proposed to remove the electrical substation. 

Although the substation is part of the Yosemite Lodge Area Redevelopment Project and,

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28 ORDER APPROVING JOINT STIPULATION 

AND MODIFYING INJUNCTION 2 CASE NO. CV-F-00-6191-AWI/DLB 

therefore, covered by the injunction in the July 6 Order, the defendants would like to remove this

abandoned structure from the Merced River area at this time and restore the area to natural

conditions. The defendants have consulted with the plaintiffs regarding the removal of the

electrical transformer prior to the completion of the Revised Merced Wild and Scenic River

Comprehensive Management Plan/EIS, which currently is underway. The plaintiffs have advised

the defendants that they do not object to this one limited action, with the understanding that

removing the substation in no way constitutes the plaintiffs’ consent to any other aspect of the

Yosemite Lodge EA or Redevelopment Project. Each party entered into this stipulation without

prejudice to its ability to reserve the right to maintain the validity of its position regarding all

factual and legal issues remaining before the Court or in any other potential future legal action. 

The Court has reviewed the parties’ stipulated agreement for these projects, along with

the terms and conditions adopted as part of that agreement and finds good cause to approve the

stipulation and modify the injunctive relief in the July 6, 2004 Order with regard to the removal

of the electrical substation near Camp 4 in the Yosemite Lodge area. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the injunction entered by the Court on July 6, 2004, is

MODIFIED in part;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the defendants, Gale Norton, Secretary of the

Interior, et al., with respect to the Camp 4 portion of the Yosemite Lodge Redevelopment Area,

the parties hereby stipulate and agree that the NPS is authorized to remove the substation, clean

the surrounding soil of any contamination that may have resulted from the presence of the

electrical substation, and restore the area to match the topography and ground cover vegetation of

the area.

Except as expressly modified herein, the Court’s July 6, 2004 Order remains in effect.

PRESENTED BY:

CHARLES R. SHOCKEY, Attorney

D.C. Bar # 914879

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Natural Resources Section

501 “I” Street, Suite 9-700

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322

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28 ORDER APPROVING JOINT STIPULATION 

AND MODIFYING INJUNCTION 3 CASE NO. CV-F-00-6191-AWI/DLB 

Telephone: (916) 930-2203

Facsimile: (916) 930-2210

Email: charles.shockey@usdoj.gov

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 22, 2005 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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