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Kristine S. Tardiff NH Bar No. 10058 United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Natural Resources Section 53 Pleasant Street, 4th Floor Concord, NH 03301 TEL: (603) 230-2583 FAX: (603) 225-1577 EMAIL: [email protected] Attorney for Defendant IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO __________________________________________ ) ROBERT HASH and GERLENE HASH, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) Case No. CV99-324S-MHW ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) __________________________________________)

DEFENDANT'S APPENDIX OF EXHIBITS FILED IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND SUPPORTING MEMORANDUM AS TO THE CATEGORY 1 LANDS

DATED: JUNE 9, 2006
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS CITED IN DEFENDANT'S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO CATEGORY 1 New Exhibits Included in this Appendix: Defendant's Exhibit No.1 7 Description A History of the Council Valley Area, Adams County Historic Preservation Commission (available at http://www.adamscountyhistory.org/history.htm) Excerpt of Petition for Exemption filed with the ICC by Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Company, pp. 1-5 and Exhibits A & C. ICC Decisions issued in Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Co. ­ Abandonment and Discontinuance Exemption ­ in Washington and Adams Counties, ID, Docket No. AB-433 (Sub. No. 2X): Decision of November 1, 1995; Decision of December 28, 1995 (NITU); Decision of July 5, 1996; Decision of April 1, 1998. NOTE: All dates listed are the service dates for the decisions. 10 Statements of Willingness to Assume Responsibility filed by: Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (dated June 10, 1996); City of Weiser, Idaho (dated June 13, 1996); and Friends of the Weiser River Trail (dated June 20, 1996).

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These exhibits begin with Defendant Exhibit 7. Defendant's Exhibits 1-4 are included in the Appendix filed on June 1, 2001 (Doc. 82), and Defendant's Exhibits 5-6 are included in a Supplemental Appendix filed on January 20, 2006 (Doc. 122). -i-

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Exhibits previously filed with Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Support of Their Motion for Class Certification (December 17, 1999) (Doc. 18): Plaintiffs' Exhibit 1 Plaintiffs' Exhibits 2-4 Adams County History, Council Valley Museum, 1998 Location maps filed with the General Land Office of the Department of the Interior by the Pacific and Idaho Northern Railway in 1894 and 1899 Schedule of Lands Owned or Used For Purposes of a Common Carrier, filed with the ICC by Pacific & Idaho Northern Ry., dated July 13, 1916 Quitclaim Deed from the Railroad to the Friends of the Weiser River Trail, dated June 17, 1997.

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