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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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Stipulation And Order Modifying Consent

Decree

No.: 2:05-cv-01363-LKK-JFM

MATTHEW J. McKEOWN

Acting Assistant Attorney General

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Chief

KEVIN W. McARDLE, Trial Attorney (SBN 454569 (DC)) (Counsel for Service)

United States Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

Telephone: (202) 305-0219

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; BUILDING

INDUSTRY LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION;

CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY

ASSOCIATION; CALIFORNIA STATE GRANGE;

and GREENHORN GRANGE, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE; H. DALE HALL, Director of the United

States Fish and Wildlife Service; UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; and GALE A.

NORTON, Secretary of the United States

Department of Interior, 

Defendants,

and

CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY;

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; and

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL,

 Defendant-Intervenors

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No: 2:05-cv-01363-LKK-JFM

STIPULATION AND ORDER

MODIFYING CONSENT

DECREE

Plaintiffs, the Home Builders Association of Northern California; the Building Industry

Legal Defense Foundation; the California Building Industry Association; the California State

Grange; and the Greenhorn Grange; and Federal Defendants, the United States Fish and Wildlife

Service; H. Dale Hall, Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; the United States

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Department of the Interior; and Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the United States Department of the

Interior (collectively the “Service”), and Defendant-Intervenors California Native Plan Society;

the Center for Biological Diversity; and the Natural Resources Defense Council, by and through

their undersigned counsel, state as follows: 

WHEREAS on March 14, 2006, the parties filed a Settlement Agreement and Stipulation

of Dismissal (document 60-1) to resolve this litigation;

WHEREAS by Order dated March 24, 2006 (document 61), the Court adopted the terms

and conditions of the Settlement Agreement dismissed this action with prejudice (document 61);

WHEREAS paragraph 1.c of the Settlement Agreement, Designation of Critical Habitat

for the La Graciosa Thistle (Cirsium loncholepis), 69 Fed. Reg. 12,553 (March 17, 2004),

provides that “[o]n or before July 27, 2007, the Service shall submit for publication in the

Federal Register a proposed rule to revise the designation. On or before July 27, 2008, the

Service shall submit for publication in the Federal Register a final decision on the proposed

rule”;

WHEREAS the Service is considering whether a proposal to delist the La Graciosa

Thistle would be appropriate in light of a recent study involving the species;

WHEREAS a delisting would obviate the need to complete the reevaluation of critical

habitat required by paragraph 1.c of the Settlement Agreement;

WHEREAS the parties agree that deadlines contained in paragraph 1.c of the Settlement

Agreement should be extended by one year so that the reevaluation of critical habitat is

completed, if necessary, after the Service makes a final decision on any proposal to delist the

species;

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

1. Paragraph 1.c. of the March 14, 2006 Settlement Agreement and Stipulation of

Dismissal, approved and adopted by the Court on March 24, 2006, is amended to provide as

follows:

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Designation of Critical Habitat for the La Graciosa Thistle (Cirsium loncholepis),

69 Fed. Reg. 12,553 (March 17, 2004). On or before July 27, 2008, the Service

shall submit for publication in the Federal Register a proposed rule regarding any

revisions to the designation. On or before July 27, 2009, the Service shall submit

for publication in the Federal Register a final decision regarding any such

proposed rule.

It is so stipulated this 15 day of May, 2007. th

MATTHEW J. McKEOWN

 /s/ M. Reed Hopper Acting Assistant Attorney General

M. REED HOPPER JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

Pacific Legal Foundation LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Chief

3900 Lennane Drive

Suite 200 /s/ Kevin W. McArdle 

Sacramento, CA 95834 KEVIN W. McARDLE, Trial Attorney 

Tele: (916) 419-7111 DC Bar # 454569

Fax: (916) 419-7747 United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Attorney for Plaintiffs Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

Telephone: (202) 305-0219

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

ANDREW WETZLER MATT KENNA (Pro Hac Vice)

JAMES M. BIRKELUND Western Environmental Law Center

Natural Resources Defense Council

By: /s/ James M. Birkelund By: /s/ Matt Kenna (Pro Hac Vice) 

JAMES M. BIRKELUND MATT KENNA

Attorney for Intervenor Attorneys for Intervenors

Natural Resources Defense Council California Native Plant Society and

Center for Biological Diversity

Pursuant to Stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 17, 2007.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 15 day of May, 2007, I electronically filed a copy of the th

forgoing Settlement Agreement And Stipulation of Dismissal With Prejudice 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:

M. Reed Hopper 

E-mail: mrh@pacificlegal.org 

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Matt Kenna

Email: mkenna@animas.net 

Andrew Elsas Wetzler 

Email: awetzler@nrdc.org 

James Matthew Birkelund 

Email: jbirkelund@nrdc.org 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor Applicants

 /s/ Kevin W. McArdle 

KEVIN W. McARDLE

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