Northwest Environment Advocates Center for Marine Conservation San Francisco Baykeeper v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

340 F.3d 853

Opinions

Order; Concurrence by Judge BEISTINE; Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD.

ORDER

On September 17, 2002, the parties were referred to the Ninth Circuit Mediation Program to explore a settlement. After extensive discussions, they reached a settlement. The parties’s joint motion to enter the attached stipulated consent decree is GRANTED. Submission of this case is deferred pending further order of this court. In the event that the matter has not been dismissed according to the timetable laid out in the consent decree, the parties shall file a status report on this ease by September 12, 2003.