NORTHWEST RESOURCE INF. v. NAT. MARINE FISHERIES

No. C92-1156(D)M.

818 F.Supp. 1399 (1993)

NORTHWEST RESOURCE INFORMATION CENTER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington.

March 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd D. True, Victor M. Sher, Adam J. Berger, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, WA, for Northwest Resource Information Center, Inc., plaintiffs.

Brian C. Kipnis, Christopher Lee Pickrell, U.S. Atty.'s Office, Seattle, WA, Charles R. Shockey, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for defendants.

Jeffrey W. Ring, James L. Buchal, Gary F. Firestone, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Portland, OR, for Direct Service Industries.

Ray A. Foianini, Foianini Law Offices, Ephrata, WA, for Public Utility Dist. No. 2 of Grant County.

Stanley A. Bastian, Garfield R. Jeffers, David E. Sonn, Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward, Wenatchee, WA, for Public Utility Dist. No. 1 of Douglas County.

Joel Cartwright Merkel, Hiscock & Barclay, Seattle, WA, for Port of Clarkston, Port of Lewiston, Columbia/Snake River Irrigators Ass'n, Eastern Oregon Irrigators Ass'n, Northwest Irrigation Utilities.

J. Matthew Geyman, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Seattle, WA, Jeffrey W. Ring, James L. Buchal, Gary F. Firestone, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Portland, OR, for Aluminum Co. of America, Columbia Aluminum Corp., Atochem North America, Columbia Falls Aluminum Co., Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., Intalco Aluminum Corp., Northwest Aluminum Co., Oregon Metallurgical Corp., Reynolds Metals Co., Vanalco Inc.

Roger A. Braden, Davis, Arneil, Dorsey, Kight & Parlette, Wenatchee, WA, for Public Utility Dist. No. 1 of Chelan County.

Cynthia Lombardi, Gregory J. Miner, Bogle & Gates, Portland, OR, for Public Power Council.


ORDER GRANTING BPA's MOTION

McGOVERN, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This cause of action against four federal agencies — National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) — alleges violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

Federal Defendants assert that this court lacks subject...

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