CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. USFS

No. 21-15907.

80 F.4th 943 (2023)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; Sierra Club; Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, a United States Government Agency, Defendant-Appellee, and National Rifle Association of America, Inc.; Safari Club International; National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc., Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 1, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Houston (argued), Allison M. LaPlante , Lia Comerford, and James N. Saul , Earthrise Law Center, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon; Kevin M. Cassidy , Earthrise Law Center, Norwell, Massachusetts; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Allen M. Brabender (argued), United States Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division; Michael C. Augustini , United States Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Section; Todd Kim , Assistant Attorney General; United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Gary Fremerman , United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee.

Norman D. James (argued) and Bradley J. Pew , Fennemore Craig PC, Phoenix, Arizona; Lawrence G. Keane , National Shooting Sports Foundation, Newtown, Connecticut; for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc.

Michael T. Jean , National Rifle Association Office of the General Counsel, Fairfax, Virginia, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee National Rifle Association of America.

Jeremy E. Clare , Safari Club International, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Safari Club International.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Jay S. Bybee, and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and Grand Canyon Wildlands Council (collectively, "CBD") contend that the United States Forest Service ("USFS") is liable under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 6972, for "contributing to the past or present ... disposal...

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