Center for Biological Diversity et al v. Environmental Protection Agency et al, No. 3:2011cv00293 - Document 89 (N.D. Cal. 2011)

Court Description: ORDER GRANTING 88 Status Report and Stipulation to Extend Stay filed by Center for Biological Diversity, Pesticide Action Network North America Updated Case Management Statement due by 2/3/2012. Status Conference set for 2/10/2012 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom G, 15th Floor, San Francisco before Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on 11/14/11. (klhS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/14/2011)

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Center for Biological Diversity et al v. Environmental Protection Agency et al 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Doc. 89 Justin Augustine (CA Bar No. 235561) Jaclyn Lopez (CA Bar No. 258589) Center for Biological Diversity 351 California Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: (415) 436-9682; Fax: (415) 436-9683 jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org jlopez@biologicaldiversity.org Collette L. Adkins Giese (MN Bar No. 035059X)* Center for Biological Diversity 8640 Coral Sea Street Northeast Minneapolis, MN 55449-5600 Phone: (651) 955-3821; Fax: (415) 436-9683 cadkinsgiese@biologicaldiversity.org Michael W. Graf (CA Bar No. 136172) Law Offices 227 Behrens Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 Phone: (510) 525-7222;Fax: (510) 525-1208 mwgraf@aol.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs *Granted admission pro hac vice 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 16 17 18 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, a non-profit organization; and PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA, a non-profit organization; 19 20 21 22 Plaintiffs, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; and LISA JACKSON, Administrator, U.S. EPA; 23 Defendants, 24 CROP LIFE AMERICA, AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, and RECKITT BENCKISER; 25 26 27 28 Defendant-Intervenors. _____________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. CV-11-0293-JCS STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY Status Conference Date: Nov. 18, 2011 Time: 1:30 PM Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 1 CV-11-0293-JCS Dockets.Justia.com 1 This status report is filed pursuant to the Court’s September 30, 2011 order. In light of the 2 developments described below, Plaintiffs and Defendants respectfully request that the Court extend the 3 stay of litigation by approximately 90 days from November 18, 2011 to February 10, 2012 and continue 4 the status conference now set for November 18, 2011 to February 10, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. (or to such date 5 and time that is convenient for the Court). Intervenors have informed Plaintiffs and Defendants that 6 they do not object to this request. 7 On January 20, 2011, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Pesticide Action Network 8 North America (collectively “Plaintiffs”) initiated the instant litigation, alleging that the Environmental 9 Protection Agency and its administrator, Lisa Jackson, (collectively “Defendants”) violated Section 10 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) by failing to consult on the effects of EPA-registered 11 pesticides on endangered and threatened species and their designated critical habitat throughout the 12 United States of America. See Docket No. 1. On March 14, 2011, Defendants and Plaintiffs jointly 13 filed a motion to stay the litigation to conserve judicial resources while the parties explored the 14 possibility of settlement. See Docket No. 13. The Court granted the motion on March 15, 2011. See 15 Docket No. 14. 16 On May 13, 2011, the parties met in Washington, D.C. and engaged in exploratory discussions 17 concerning the possibility of settlement, as well as technical issues concerning EPA’s current 18 endangered species risk assessment methods and associated regulatory programs. Proposed Intervenors 19 were also present at the meeting. 20 On June 3, 2011, the Court held an intervention hearing and granted in part and denied in part 21 the motions from 1) Crop Life America, 2) American Farm Bureau Federation, 3) American Chemistry 22 Council and 4) Reckitt Benckiser (collectively “Intervenors”). 23 On June 21, 2011, the parties, including Intervenors, met in Washington, D.C. and held further 24 discussions regarding the possibility of settlement. Since then, the parties held meetings by phone on 25 July 18, August 23, September 21, and November 1, 2011. Plaintiffs circulated written settlement 26 proposals on July 13, July 21, and October 5, 2011. The parties also exchanged information and ideas 27 for settlement by email. 28 ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 2 CV-11-0293-JCS 1 Plaintiffs and Defendants are pursuing further settlement discussions and are in the process of 2 arranging the next meeting. Based on the discussions to date, Intervenors do not object to further 3 settlement talks, provided all parties continue to be involved. 4 To allow these discussions to continue, and in the interest of judicial economy, Plaintiffs and 5 Defendants respectfully request that this Court continue the status conference currently set for 6 November 18, 2011 to February 10, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. (or to such date and time that is convenient for 7 the Court), and extend the stay of this litigation for approximately an additional 90 days (from 8 November 18, 2011 to February 10, 2012). If the Court extends the stay and resets a conference date, 9 the parties will submit a status report two weeks prior to that conference (on January 27, 2012). 10 11 Respectfully submitted this 10th day of November, 2011, 12 /s/ Collette L. Adkins Giese 13 Collette L. Adkins Giese (MN Bar No. 035059X)* Center for Biological Diversity 8640 Coral Sea Street Northeast Minneapolis, MN 55449-5600 Phone: (651) 955-3821 Fax: (415) 436-9683 cadkinsgiese@biologicaldiversity.org 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Justin Augustine (CA Bar No. 235561) Jaclyn Lopez (CA Bar No. 258589) Center for Biological Diversity 351 California Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: (415) 436-9682 Fax: (415) 436-9683 jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org jlopez@biologicaldiversity.org Michael W. Graf (CA Bar No. 136172) Law Offices 227 Behrens Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 Phone: (510) 525-7222 Fax: (510) 525-1208 mwgraf@aol.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs 26 AND 27 28 ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 3 CV-11-0293-JCS 1 2 IGNACIA S. MORENO, Assistant Attorney General SETH M. BARSKY, Section Chief S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Chief 3 /s/ James A. Maysonett 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 JAMES A. MAYSONETT, Trial Attorney ERIK E. PETERSEN, Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section Ben Franklin Station P.O. Box 7369 Washington, DC 20044-7369 Phone: (202) 305-0216 Fax: (202) 305-0275 james.a.maysonett@usdoj.gov 11 12 13 Attorneys for Federal Defendants AND 14 /s/ William K. Rawson 15 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP William K. Rawson (D.C. Bar No. 367167)* william.rawson@lw.com Claudia M. O’Brien (D.C. Bar No 447354)* claudia.o’brien@lw.com 555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004-1304 Phone: (202) 637-2200 Fax: (202) 637-2201 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Patrick J. Ferguson (Ca. Bar No. 252778) patrick.ferguson@lw.com 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94111-6538 Phone: (415) 391-0600 Fax: (415) 395-8095 WILEY REIN LLP David B. Weinberg (D.C. Bar No. 186247)* dweinberg@wileyrein.com Eric Andreas (D.C. Bar No. 462777)* eandreas@wileyrein.com 1776 K Street NW ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 4 CV-11-0293-JCS 2 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (202) 719-7000 Fax: (202) 719-7049 3 Attorneys for Crop Life America, et al. 4 /s/ Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. (Cal. Bar No. 150056) ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 370 Seventeenth Street Suite 4500 Denver, Colorado 80202-1370 Phone: (303) 863-1000 Fax: (303) 832-0428 Attorney for Intervenor-Defendant Reckitt Benckiser LLC. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 /s/ J. Michael Klise J. Michael Klise* jmklise@crowell.com CROWELL & MORING LLP Steven P. Quarles Thomas R. Lundquist 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 Phone: (202) 624-2500 Fax: (202) 628-5116 18 19 Attorneys for Intervenors American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. 20 /s/ Seth Goldberg 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Seth Goldberg (CA Bar No. 153719) sgoldberg@steptoe.com Cynthia L. Taub (D.C. Bar No. 445906)* ctaub@steptoe.com STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202.429.3000 Fax: 202.429.3902 Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor American Chemistry Council ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 5 CV-11-0293-JCS 1 *Granted admission pro hac vice 2 3 RT U O 8 9 NO 11/14/11 Dated: ______________ ISTRIC ES D TC AT T ___________________________ UNIT ED Spero LI ER H 11 seph C. Judge Jo RT 10 Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero A 7 R NIA 6 Feb. 10, 2012 at 1:30 p.m Feb. 3, 2012 ______________________. The status report shall be due by _____________________. FO 5 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The status conference is reset for S 4 N F D IS T IC T O R C 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ____________________________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY 6 CV-11-0293-JCS

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