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NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES v US EPA Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: NEAVUE225936, Plaintiff: NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES, State: OR Oregon, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>NEAVUE225936, Oregon, Water, Relief, Species, Violation, Defendant Epa, Criterion, Endangered Species, Injunctive Relief, Review, Water Quality Standards, Temperature, Salmonids, Protection, Water Quality, Clean Water Act, Bull Trout, Order Awarding Plaintiff, Bull Trout Rearing, Esa, Willamette River, Declaratory, Cwa, Narrative Criteria, Osb, National Marine Fisheries, Nmfs , ContentID: 120250176

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1   COMPLAINT
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1 . COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
OREGON
WATER
RELIEF
SPECIES
VIOLATION
DEFENDANT EPA
CRITERION
ENDANGERED SPECIES
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
REVIEW
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
LAW
ATTORNEYS
TEMPERATURE
SALMONIDS
PROTECTION
WATER QUALITY
CLEAN WATER ACT
BULL TROUT
ORDER AWARDING PLAINTIFF
BULL TROUT REARING
ESA
WILLAMETTE RIVER
DECLARATORY
CWA
NARRATIVE CRITERIA
OSB
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES
NMFS


 1 CRAIG N. JOHNSTON (OSB # 88235)
      AARON COURTNEY (OSB # 93525)
 2 Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center
 3 10015 SW Terwilliger Blvd.
      Portland OR 97219
 4 Ph:  (503) 768-6600
      Fax:  (503) 768-6671
 5 Email:  craigj@lclark.edu; aaron@lclark.edu
 6  BART A. BRUSH (OSB # 93220)
 7 Attorney at Law
      900 American Bank Building
 8 621 SW Morrison Street
 9 Portland, Oregon  97205
      Ph:  (503) 221-8651
10 Fax: (503) 273-9175
      Email:  brushor@aol.com
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12 Attorneys for Plaintiff
      Northwest Environmental Advocates
13
14
15
16                                    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
17                                        FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
18
19 NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL                                )
20 ADVOCATES, a non-profit corporation,                   )  Civil No:
                                                          )
21                     Plaintiff,                         )
           v.                                             )
22                                                        )  COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND
23 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  )  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
      AGENCY, a United States Government                  )
24 Agency, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES )  (Violation of Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
      SERVICE, a part of the National Oceanic and  )  1365(a)(2); Violation of Endangered Species
25 Atmospheric Administration, a part of the              )  Act, 16 U.S.C. §  1540(g)(1)(A);
26 United States Department of Commerce,                  )  Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
                                                          )  706(2)(A))
27                       Defendants.                      )
                                                          )
28                                                        )
                                                          )

                                 COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

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  • CRAIG N. JOHNSTON (OSB # 88235) AARON COURTNEY
  • Attorney at Law
  • Oregon 97205 Ph:
  • 23 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
  • 24 Agency, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES) (Violation of Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § SERVICE, a
  • , 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et
  • seq., and for judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
  • and continues to violate, the CWA, the ESA, and the APA.
  • Defendant National Marine Fisheries
  • EPA also has violated its nondiscretionary duty under section 7of the ESA to
  • Oregon's water quality standards are likely to jeopardize the continued
  • 18 APA by approving Oregon's revised water quality standards for temperature and dissolved
  • 25 jeopardize the continued existence of salmon, steelhead and bull trout populations.
  • 26 Defendant EPA's failure to establish water quality standards for temperature and dissolved
  • and by Defendant NMFS' failure to comply with the ESA.
  • 16 provisions that could be characterized as anti-degradation policies and narrative criteria.
  • 14 separate review of the effects of Oregon's temperature standard on listed salmonids.
  • The Biological Assessment also found that Oregon's IGDO criterion was likely to
  • Upper Willamette River Chinook, 64 Fed.
  • COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
  • (Violation of the Clean Water Act,
  • Defendant EPA disapproved that temperature criterion on July 22, 1999 as failing to 11
  • Because Oregon has not adequately determined the geographic extent of bull trout 4 areas and
  • An order awarding Plaintiff its costs of litigation, including reasonable attorneys' fees
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