HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE v. FED. EMERGENCY MGMT.

Nos. CIV. A. 96-114, CIV. A. 97-187.

11 F.Supp.2d 529 (1998)

The HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE (ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA), et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, an agency of the United States of America, et al., Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John.

As Amended July 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Jeffrey Weiss, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., James Bryan Dougherty, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs.

Richard Austin, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Legal Services of the Virgin Islands.

Julio Brady, Ernest Batenga, Kingshill, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., for the Virgin Islands.

Mark A. Brown, U.S. Department of Justice, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for Department of Interior and Bruce Babbitt.

John M. Ebersole, Kahlman Fallon, Department of the Interior, Office of Regional Solicitors, Southeast Regions, Atlanta, GA, for Department of Interior.

Toni Florence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for U.S.

Jordan S. Fried, David A. Trissell, Office of General Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, D.C., for Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Michael McLemore, Department of Commerce, NOAA, Office of General Counsel, Southeast Regional Office, St. Petersburg, FL, for Department of Commerce.

Lois Pilgrim, Virgin Islands Housing Authority, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for Virgin Islands Housing Authority.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ON MOTIONS FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF

BROTMAN, District Judge, Sitting by Designation:

Presently before this Court are Plaintiffs' claims under Sections Seven ("Section 7")1 and Nine ("Section 9")2 of the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544, and their Applications for Permanent Injunctive Relief and...

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