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ROBERT FALK (SBN 142007) ROBIN S. STAFFORD (SBN 200950) SARAH SCHINDLER (SBN 236414) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: (415) 268-7000 Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] JOEL R. REYNOLDS (SBN 85276) CARA HOROWITZ (SBN 220701) NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. 1314 Second Street Santa Monica, California 90401 Telephone: (310) 434-2300 Facsimile: (310) 434-2399 Attorneys for Plaintiffs NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES; INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE; CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE FOR COASTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY; JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL Civil Action No. 07-4771-EDL WELFARE; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES; CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE FOR COASTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY; JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF SARAH SCHINDLER Plaintiffs, v. CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE; WILLIAM HOGARTH, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR FISHERIES OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; VICE ADMIRAL CONRAD C. LAUTENBACHER, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS Defendants.
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I, Sarah Schindler, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the following is true and correct: 1. I am an attorney with Morrison and Foerster in San Francisco, California, and an

attorney for Plaintiffs in the present case. I am duly licensed to practice law in the State of California and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. I am submitting this Declaration in support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction. The statements contained in this Declaration are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and, in the case of my opinions, I believe them to be true. If called as a witness, I could and would testify to the statements contained herein. 2. True and correct copies of exhibits cited in Plaintiffs' Reply Memorandum are

attached to this Declaration as Exhibits 1 through 6. Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the Court's Order on Preliminary Injunction in NRDC v. Winter, 07-56157 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2007). Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of a Statement by Dr. William T. Hogarth, Assistant Adm'r for Fisheries, NOAA, Before the Subcomm. on Readiness, H. Armed Servs. Comm. (Mar. 13, 2003), available at http://www.house.gov/hasc/openingstatementsandpressreleases/108thcongress/03-0313hogarth.html. Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of a Statement by Dr. Rebecca Lent, Deputy Assistant Adm'r for Regulatory Programs, NOAA, Before the Subcomm. on Readiness & Mgmt. Support, S. Comm. on Armed Servs. (Apr. 1, 2003), available at http://www.armedservices.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=683. Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of portions of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NMFS, Final ESA Section 7 Consultation Handbook (1998), available at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/consultations/s7hndbk/s7hndbk.htm. Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of portions of the Application for Letters of Authorization Under Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act for Activities

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Associated with the Employment of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar, U.S. Department of the Navy (May 2006). Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of the National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species Act ­ Section 7 Consultation Supplemental Biological Opinion (Aug. 16, 2002).

I hereby declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 30th day of November, 2007.

/s/ Sarah Schindler Sarah Schindler

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by 13 a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this e-filed document. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Dated: November 30, 2007

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP By:

/s/ Robin Stafford
Robin S. Stafford Attorneys for Plaintiffs Natural Resources Defense Council , et al.

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