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RONALD J. TENPAS Acting Assistant Attorney General Environment and Natural Resources Division UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON, Senior Trial Attorney Wildlife and Marine Resources Section GUILLERMO A. MONTERO, Trial Attorney Natural Resources Section Environment & Natural Resources Division UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Benjamin Franklin Station - P.O. Box 7369/ P.O. Box 663 Washington, D.C. 20044 (202) 305-0211 (tel.) / (202) 305-0443 (tel.) (202) 305-0275 (fax)/ (202) 305-0274 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Federal Defendants

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DECLARATION OF GUILLERMO A. MONTERO IN SUPPORT OF RESPONSE TO ORDER REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATION Case No. 07-4771-EDL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) CARLOS GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY ) OF THE UNITED STATES ) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) ____________________________________)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., et al.,

Civ. Action No. 07-4771-EDL DECLARATION OF GUILLERMO A. MONTERO IN SUPPORT OF RESPONSE TO ORDER REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATION

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DECLARATION OF GUILLERMO A. MONTERO IN SUPPORT OF RESPONSE TO ORDER REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATION Case No. 07-4771-EDL

I, Guillermo A. Montero, declare as follows pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746: 1. I am a member in good standing of the bar of Massachusetts, and I am employed as a

trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Natural Resources Section. I am one of the attorneys of record assigned to represent the Federal Defendants in this action. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and, if called upon to testify, I would testify that the facts set forth below are true and correct. 2. Attached as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the August 14, 2007 Final

Rulemaking for the Taking, by Harassment, of Marine Mammals Incidental to Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar -- Decision Memorandum ("Final Rule Decision Memorandum"). 3. Attached as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the August 14, 2007 Adoption of

the Department of the Navy's Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Surveillance Towed Array Sensory System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar -- Decision Memorandum ("Final SEIS Adoption Memorandum").

Executed this 30th day of January, 2008, in Washington, DC.

/s/ Guillermo A. Montero Guillermo A. Montero

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DECLARATION OF GUILLERMO A. MONTERO IN SUPPORT OF RESPONSE TO ORDER REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATION Case No. 07-4771-EDL

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on January 31, 2008, I filed the foregoing document using the Electronic Case Filing System, which will cause electronic notices of filing and service copies to be served upon counsel of record for the parties.

/s/ Guillermo A. Montero Guillermo A. Montero

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