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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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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO INTERVENE -- 09-0407 OWW-DLB 1

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TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 77656 

GEORGE M. TORGUN, State Bar No. 222085 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 550-6725 

Facsimile: (510) 550-6749 

torr@earthjustice.org; gtorgun@earthjustice.org 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor Applicants 

KATHERINE POOLE, State Bar No. 195010 

DOUG OBEGI, State Bar No. 246127 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

111 Sutter St., 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 875-6100 

Facsimile: (415) 875-6161 

kpoole@nrdc.org; dobegi@nrdc.org 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor Applicant NRDC 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY; WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

KENNETH LEE SALAZAR, as Secretary of the 

Department of the Interior, et al., 

 Defendants. 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL and THE BAY INSTITUTE, nonprofit organizations, 

 Defendant-Intervenor Applicants.

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Case No. 09-0407 OWW-DLB 

ORDER 

GRANTING MOTION TO INTERVENE 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO INTERVENE -- 09-0407 OWW-DLB 2

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 ORDER 

On April 24, 2009, Natural Resources Defense Council and The Bay Institute filed a Motion 

to Intervene as defendants in this matter. Docket No. 50. The Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants 

informed the Court during a status conference on May 15, 2009 that they do not oppose this motion. 

Therefore, based upon the record and for good cause showing, the Court hereby ORDERS that the 

motion is GRANTED. Natural Resources Defense Council and The Bay Institute shall be allowed to 

intervene for all purposes in this litigation as of right pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a). The 

Proposed Answer lodged by Natural Resources Defense Council and The Bay Institute with their 

Motion to Intervene shall be filed as the parties’ answer. 

DATED: 5/18/2009 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

 OLIVER W. WANGER 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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