ALASKA OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION v. PRITZKER

Case Nos. 4:13-cv-00018-RRB, 4:13-cv-00021-RRB, 4:13-cv-00022-RRB

ALASKA OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PENNY PRITZKER, U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, et al., Defendants. STATE OF ALASKA, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, et al., Defendants NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH, et al. Plaintiffs, v. PENNY PRITZKER, et al., Defendants

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

July 25, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alaska Oil and Gas Association, Plaintiff, represented by Jeffrey W. Leppo , Stoel Rives LLP & Ryan P. Steen , Stoel Rives LLP.

American Petroleum Institute, Plaintiff, represented by Jeffrey W. Leppo , Stoel Rives LLP & Ryan P. Steen , Stoel Rives LLP.

State of Alaska, Plaintiff, represented by Andrew R. Naylor , Attorney General's Office, Bradley Edward Meyen , State of Alaska, Office of the Attorney General & Murray Dov Feldman , Holland & Hart LLP.

North Slope Borough, Plaintiff, represented by Dawn E. Winalski , North Slope Borough Law Department, Tyson C. Kade , Van Ness Feldman, LLP & Matthew A. Love , Van Ness Feldman, LLP.

Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiff, represented by Tyson C. Kade , Van Ness Feldman, LLP.

Northwest Arctic Borough, Plaintiff, represented by Tyson C. Kade , Van Ness Feldman, LLP.

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Plaintiff, represented by Tyson C. Kade , Van Ness Feldman, LLP.

NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Tyson C. Kade , Van Ness Feldman, LLP.

National Marine Fisheries Service, Defendant, represented by Mary E. Hollingsworth , U.S. Department of Justice/ENRD/NRS & Meredith Lisa Flax , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Defendant, represented by Mary E. Hollingsworth , U.S. Department of Justice/ENRD/NRS & Meredith Lisa Flax , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendant, represented by Mary E. Hollingsworth , U.S. Department of Justice/ENRD/NRS & Meredith Lisa Flax , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

Kathryn D. Sullivan, in her official capacity as the Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Acting Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendant, represented by Mary E. Hollingsworth , U.S. Department of Justice/ENRD/NRS & Meredith Lisa Flax , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

Samuel D. Rauch, in his official capacity as the Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendant, represented by Mary E. Hollingsworth , U.S. Department of Justice/ENRD/NRS & Meredith Lisa Flax , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

Center for Biological Diversity, Inc., Intervenor Defendant, represented by Rebecca Lynn Noblin , Center for Biological Diversity & Emily S. Jeffers , Center of Biological Diversity.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

RALPH R. BEISTLINE, District Judge.

I. DECISION APPEALED

On December 28, 2012, the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ("NOAA") of the Department of Commerce issued a final decision listing the Beringia and Okhotsk distinct population segments ("DPS") of bearded seals (the Erignathus barbatus nauticus subspecies) as threatened under the...

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