CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF HEALTH SERVICES v. BABBITT

Nos. Civ.A. 97-218(EGS), Civ.A. 97-365(EGS).

46 F.Supp.2d 13 (1999)

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bruce BABBITT, et al., Defendants, and Committee to Bridge the Gap, Intervenor-Defendants. U.S. Ecology, Plaintiff, v. Bruce Babbitt, et al., Defendants, and Committee to Bridge the Gap, Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 31, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia Larson, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Sacramento, CA, Karl Lytz, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, CA, Peter Winick, Latham & Watkins, Washington, D.C., Laurence H. Levine, Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Ann D. Navarro, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Eric R. Glitzenstein, Meyer & Glitzenstein, Washington, D.C., for intervenors.

Stephen L. Kowalewski, Sacramento, CA, for amicus Southwestern LLRW Comm'n.

Lilia Lopez, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for amicus Northwest Interstate Compact on LLRW Management.

Laurie J. Loveland, Solicitor General, Office of Attorney General, Bismark, ND, for amicus State of North Dakota.

John Louis Longstreth, Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus Gray Davis and for intervenor-applicants Fort Mojave Tribe.

Valerie Stanley, Rockville, MD, for amici Ruth Galanter, Jackie Goldberg.

James B. Dougherty, Washington, DC, for amicus Sheila James Kuelh.

Alvin J. Lorman, Mintz Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Washington, D.C., for amicus American College of Nuclear Physicians and for amicus Society of Nuclear Medicine.

James Curtiss, Winston & Strawn, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Health Physics Society.

David P. Sheldon, Eugene R. Fidell, Feldesman, Tucker, Leifer, Fidell & Bank LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus County of San Bernadino.

Fran M. Layton, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, San Francisco, CA, for amicus County of San Bernadino.

Louise Renne, City Attorney, Alison Stewart, Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for amicus City of San Francisco.

James B. Slaughter, Beveridge & Diamond, PC, Washington, DC, for amicus California Radioactive Materials Management Forum.

James Kawahara, Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for intervenor-applicants Fort Mojave Tribe.


MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

In the waning hours of the Bush Administration, outgoing Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan Jr. ("Lujan") issued a Record of Decision ("ROD") under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321, et seq. announcing his decision to approve the direct sale of 1,000 acres of federal land under the Federal Land and Policy Management Act ("FLPMA"), 43 U.S.C...

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