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PACIFIC NORTHWEST GENERATING CO-OP. v. BROWN

Civ. Nos. 92-973-MA, 92-1260-MA and 92-1264-MA.

822 F.Supp. 1479 (1993)

PACIFIC NORTHWEST GENERATING COOPERATIVE, Plaintiff, v. Ronald BROWN, et al., Defendants. The ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ronald BROWN, et al., Defendants. PUBLIC POWER COUNCIL, Plaintiff, v. Ronald BROWN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

April 1, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Erick Johnson, Stuart Jones, William Masters, Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, Portland, OR, for plaintiff PNGC.

Jeffery Ring, James Buchal, Gary Firestone, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Portland, OR, for plaintiffs Aluminum Co. of America, et al.

Gregory Miner, Cynthia Lombardi, Bogle & Gates, Portland, OR, for plaintiff PPC.

Charles Turner, U.S. Atty., Thomas Lee, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, OR, Fred Disheroon, Special Litigation Counsel, James Kilbourne, Charles Shockey, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Thane Tienson, Copeland, Landye, Bennett & Wolf, Portland, OR, for intervenor Salmon for All.

Robert Costello, Office of the Atty. Gen., Olympia, WA, for intervenor State of Wash.

Theodore Kulongoski, Stephanie Striffler, Special Litigation Unit, Oregon Dept. of Justice, Salem, OR, Cheryl Coon, Oregon Dept. of Justice, Portland, OR, for intervenor State of Or.

Mark Rutzick, Doug Blomgren, Preston, Thorgrimson, Shidler, Gates & Ellis, Portland, OR, Bruce Smith, Roshalt, Robertson & Tucker, Boise, ID, for intervenors Northwest Forest Resource Council, et al.

Don Olowinski, Richard Burleigh, Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley, Boise, ID for intervenor Coalition for Idaho Water.

Victor Sher, Todd True, Adam Berger, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, WA, Neil Kagan, Portland, OR, for intervenors Northwest Resource Information Center, Inc., American Rivers, Oregon Natural Resource Council and Federation of Fly Fishers.

Larry Echohawk, Clive Strong, William Whelan, Boise, ID, for amicus State of Idaho.

Howard Arnett, Karnopp, Peterson, Noteboom, Hubel, Hansen & Arnett, Bend, OR, for amicus Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation.

Douglas Nash, Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee, Lapwai, ID, for amicus Nez Perce Tribe.

Tim Weaver, Cockrill & Weaver, Yakima, WA, for amicus Yakima Indian Nation.

Richard Reich, Eric Nielsen, Taholah, WA, for amicus Quinault Indian Nation.

Marc Slonim, John Arum, Ziontz, Chestnut, Varnell, Berley & Slonim, Seattle, WA, for amicus Makah Tribe.

Daniel Hester, Fredericks, Pelcyger, Hester & White, Boulder, CO, for amicus Umatilla Indian Reservation.

OPINION

MARSH, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed these actions claiming that defendants violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with respect to actions taken affecting recently listed salmon species. The linchpin of plaintiffs' dispute with defendants relates to the technical and economic impact of defendants' decision to augment flows over dams in an effort to improve juvenile fish migration: plaintiffs submit...

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