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1 JEFFREY H. WOOD Acting Assistant Attorney General 2 CLARE M. BORONOW, admitted to MD Bar 3 United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division 4 Natural Resources Section 999 18th Street 5 South Terrace, Suite 370 6 Denver, CO 80202 Tel.: (303) 844-1362 7 Fax: (303) 844-1350 clare.boronow@,usdoi.gov 8 9 Counselfor Defendants 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 13 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 14 15 Plaintiffs, 16 v. ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 3:17-cv-03804-EDL 17 U.S. BUREAU OF LAND 18 MANAGEMENT, et al. 19 Defendants. 20 21 SIERRA CLUB,etal., 22 Plaintiffs, ) ) Consolidated with No. 3:17-cv-03885-EDL ) ) DEFENDANTS' OPPOSITION TO ) PLAINTIFFS' MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY ) JUDGMENT ) ) Date: September 25, 2017 ) Time: 10:00 a m. ) Judge: Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte ) 23 v. ) Courtroom E, 15th Floor 24 ) 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA RYAN ZINKE, in his official capacity as ) 25 Secretary of the Interior, et al. ) 26 Defendants. ) ) 27 ) 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J ii California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J iii California v. BLM., 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 EXHIBITS 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Sumni J iv California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 1 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 3 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Sumni J 4 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Sumni J 5 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 6 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Sumni J California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 (b) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 8 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 9 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Sumni J 10 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Sumni J 12 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Sumni J 13 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Sumni J 14 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 15 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 16 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 18 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 19 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 22 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (5) Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 23 California v. BLM, 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL 1 Plaintiffs (b) (5) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JEFFREY H. WOOD Acting Assistant Attorney General United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Div. /s/ Clare Boronow CLARE BORONOW, Trial Attorney Natural Resources Section Admitted to Maryland Bar 999 18th Street South Terrace, Suite 370 Denver, CO 80202 Tel: (303) 844-1362 Fax: (303) 844-1350 clare.boronow@usdoj. gov Counselfor Defendants Defs ' Opp'n to Pis ' Mots for Summ J 24 California v. BLM., 3:17-cv-03804-EDL; Sierra Club v. Zinke, 3:17-cv-03885-EDL