Gifford Pinchot Task Force v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Gifford Pinchot Task Force v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service, 387 F.3d 968 (9th Cir. 2004)
2004 WL 2435506

Gifford Pinchot Task Force v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

The Appellants’ Motion for Technical Correction of Language in the Opinion is hereby GRANTED.

The opinion filed on August 6, 2004 and published at 378 F.3d 1059, is AMENDED as follows.

The final sentence of Subsection I.A. on page 1063 states:

If jeopardy or adverse modification cannot be avoided, the BiOp would exempt the action agency from Section 9’s prohibition on taking and the strict civil and criminal penalties associated with such unlawful takings.

That final sentence of Subsection I.A. on page 1063 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following sentence:

If the BiOp concludes that jeopardy or adverse modification cannot be avoided, Section 7(g) of the ESA provides that the action agency may apply for an exemption from Section 9’s prohibition on taking and the strict civil and criminal penalties associated with such unlawful takings.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Reference

Full Case Name
GIFFORD PINCHOT TASK FORCE, an Oregon non-profit organization Cascadia Wildlands Project, an Oregon non-profit organization Northwest Environmental Defense Center, an Oregon non-profit organization Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund, an Oregon non-profit organization American Lands Alliance, an Oregon non-profit organization Bark, an Oregon non-profit organization Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, an Oregon non-profit organization Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, a Washington non-profit organization Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project, a Washington non-profit organization v. UNITED STATES FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, American Forest Resource Council, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee
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Status
Published