Nw. Envtl. Advocates v. United States Envtl. Prot. Agency

Full title: NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES…

Court: United States District Court, Western District of Washington

Date published: Dec 21, 2023

2:19-cv-01537-BJR (W.D. Wash. Dec. 21, 2023)

Opinion

2:19-cv-01537-BJR

12-21-2023

NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al. Defendants, and, STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, Defendant-Intervenor.

TODD KIM Assistant Attorney General, DAVID KAPLAN GUS MAXWELL United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Environmental Defense Section Attorneys for Defendants JAMES N. SAUL (OSB #1067236) (Admitted Pro hac vice) Earthrise Law Center Lewis & Clark Law School, ANDREW HAWLEY (WSBA # 53052) Western Environmental Law Center Attorneys for Plaintiff Northwest Environmental Advocates ROBERT W. FERGUSON Attorney General RONALD L. LAVIGNE, WSBA #18550 Senior Counsel Office of the Attorney General Ecology Division Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor State of Washington, Department of Ecology

Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, United States District Judge

TODD KIM Assistant Attorney General, DAVID KAPLAN GUS MAXWELL United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Environmental Defense Section Attorneys for Defendants

JAMES N. SAUL (OSB #1067236) (Admitted Pro hac vice) Earthrise Law Center Lewis & Clark Law School, ANDREW HAWLEY (WSBA # 53052) Western Environmental Law Center Attorneys for Plaintiff Northwest Environmental Advocates

ROBERT W. FERGUSON Attorney General RONALD L. LAVIGNE, WSBA #18550 Senior Counsel Office of the Attorney General Ecology Division Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor State of Washington, Department of Ecology

ORDER

Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, United States District Judge

The Court has reviewed the Parties' Joint Motion to Reactivate Case, Enter Interim Consent Decree, and Hold Case in Abeyance, ECF No. 53. Having found that there is good cause to grant the relief sought therein, the Court will enter the Interim Consent Decree in a separate docket entry. Further, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This case is reactivated for the Court to enter the Interim Consent Decree; and

2. This case is held in abeyance pending the Parties' arrival at a final settlement or the Parties' filing of a motion to terminate the abeyance and to govern further proceedings to adjudicate the claims in the complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.