ALASKA v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

Civil Case No. 11-1122 (RJL).

273 F.Supp.3d 102 (2017)

State of ALASKA, Plaintiff, and Alaska Forest Association, Southeast Conference, Alaska Electric Light & Power, Alaska Power & Telephone, Alaska Miners Association, Citizen's Pro Road, Alaska Marine Lines, Inc., Northwest Mining Association, Durette Construction Company, First Things First Foundation, Juneau Chamber of Commerce, City of Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Southeast Stevedoring Corp., Chris Gerondale, Southeast Roadbuilders, Inc., Hyak Mining Co., Inc., Inside Passage Electric Cooperative, City of Craig, and Southeast Alaska Power Agency, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, and Tom Tidwell, in his official capacity as Chief of the United States Forest Service, Defendants, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Alaska Center for the Environment, Boat Company, Tongass Conservation Society, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, Greenpeace, Inc., Defenders of Wildlife, and Center for Biological Diversity, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed September 20, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 05 U.S.C. § 702
Cause: 05 U.S.C. § 702 Administrative Procedure Act
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Earl Lenhart , Alaska Department of Law, Juneau, AK, for Plaintiff.

Steven William Silver , Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, Reston, VA, James F. Clark, III , Pro Hac Vice, Hoffman & Blasco, LLC, Juneau, AK, Stephen J. Kennedy , Pro Hac Vice, Law Offices of Stephen J. Kennedy, Lynnwood, WA, Mark C. Rutzick , Mark C. Rutzick, Incorporated, Oak Hill, VA, Julie A. Weis , Pro Hac Vice, Haglund Kelley Horngren Jones & Wilder LLP, Portland, OR, for Plaintiff-Intervenors.

Barclay Samford United States Department of Justice Denver, CO, for Defendants.

Eric Paul Jorgensen , Thomas S. Waldo , Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Juneau, AK, Nathaniel S.W. Lawrence , Pro Hac Vice, Natural Resources Defense Council, Olympia, WA, for Defendant-Intervenors.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

September 20, 2017 [Dkt. ## 94, 95, 96, 97]

In 2001, the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") promulgated the Roadless Area Conservation Rule — commonly referred to as the "Roadless Rule" — which limits road construction...

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