STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff,
v.
Bob BERGLAND, in his official capacity as Secretary of U. S. Department of Agriculture; R. Max Peterson in his official capacity as Chief of Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture; Zane G. Smith, Jr., in his official capacity as Regional Forester of the California Region of the Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Defendants.
County of Trinity, Natural Resources Defense Council, Clear Creek Legal Defense Fund, Animal Protection Institute of America, Siskiyou Mountain Resources Council, South Fork Trinity Watershed Assn., Trinity Alps Group, Christine Jenican, Greg Kroll, William Boyer, Monica Starr, Mendocino Citizens for Wilderness, Mt. Shasta Citizens Resources Council, Plaintiffs/Intervenors.
County of Del Norte, County of Siskiyou, County of Shasta, National Forest Products Assn., Western Timber Assn., American Plywood Assn., Federal Timber Purchasers Assn., Industrial Forestry Assn., Southern Forest Products Corp., Western Wood Products Assn., Bendix Forest Products Assn., Champion International Corp., Hi-Ridge Lumber Co., Louisiana Pacific Corp., Paul Bunyon Lumber Co., Sierra Forest Products, Southwest Forest Industries, Inc., Simpson Timber Co., Inland Forest Resources Council, Webco Lumber Inc., Harwood Products, Harwood Investment Co., Eugene F. Burrill Lumber Co., McGrew Bros. Sawmill Inc., Mountain Fir Lumber Co., Rough & Ready Lumber Co., Rough & Ready Timber Co., Defendants/Intervenors.
United States District Court, E. D. California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 8, 1980.
January 8, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ronald Barbatoe, Dist. Atty., County of Trinity, Weaverville, Cal., for Trinity County.
Robin L. Rivett, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Cal., for Shasta, Siskiyou, and Del Norte Counties.
E. Robert Wright, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for State of California.
Gary W. Wilburn, Lands Div., General Litigation Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Francis M. Goldsberry, II, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for U. S. defendants.
David Booth Beers, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D. C., for National Forest Products Assn. et al.
George A. Sears, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., for National Forest Products Assn.
John D. Aldock, William R. Galeota, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D. C., for amicus National Ass'n of Homebuilders et al.
Roger Beers, New York City, Trent W. Orr, San Francisco, Cal., for Natural Resources Defense Fund.
Gerald Grinstein, Seattle, Wash., Tovah Thorslund, Washington, D. C., Preston, Thorgrimson, Ellis, Holman & Fletcher, Seattle, Wash., Jared G. Carter, Thomas S. Brigham, Rawles, Hinkle, Finnegan, Carter & Brigham, Ukiah, Cal., for Webco Lumber et al.
Francia M. Welker, Fort Bragg, Cal., for Clear Creek Legal Defense Fund et al.
A. James Robertson, II, Howard, Prim, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady & Pollak, San Francisco, Cal., for amicus National Ass'n of Homebuilders.
United States District Court, E. D. California.
OPINION AND ORDER
KARLTON, District Judge.
I
INTRODUCTION
Growing public concern with the environmental effect of governmental action led Congress to enact the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq. Principally, the Act is a device to insure that governmental agencies critically examine the environmental effect of significant federal action and proposals for legislation. To insure that the government and the public...
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