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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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

) ) Civ. Action No. 07-4771-EDL ) Plaintiffs, ) STIPULATED REQUEST TO PERMIT ) PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS TO v. ) EXCEED PAGE LIMIT AND MODIFY ) BRIEFING SCHEDULE APPLICABLE CARLOS GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY ) TO DEFENDANTS' OPPOSITION OF THE UNITED STATES ) TO PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION MOTION DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al. ) AND PLAINTIFFS' REPLY; ) [PROPOSED] ORDER Defendants. ) ) Judge: Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte ) Ctrm: E ) Hearing Date: December 18, 2007 ) Time: 9 a.m. ____________________________________)

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the above captioned case on October 12, 2007; WHEREAS, with respect to that motion, Plaintiffs and Defendants ("Parties") stipulated that the Parties would enlarge by five pages the limits that would otherwise apply to the Plaintiffs' memorandum in support of its motion for preliminary injunction and the Defendants' brief in opposition thereto pursuant to Local Rules 7-2 and 7-3; WHEREAS, the Parties further stipulated to a briefing schedule by which Defendants would file their brief in opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction on November 13, 2007, and Plaintiffs would file their reply brief on November 20, 2007; WHEREAS, on October 9, 2007, this Court issued Orders approving the Parties' stipulations; WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that, in order to fully brief the issues pertaining to a preliminary injunction, it will be necessary to further expand by 10 pages the page limits that would otherwise apply to the Defendants' Opposition brief and to the Plaintiffs' Reply brief pursuant to Local Rule 7-3 and the Parties' October 9 stipulation; WHEREAS, the Parties have also determined that it will be necessary to enlarge the briefing schedule that would otherwise apply pursuant to the Parties' October 9, 2007 stipulation, based on the need for expanded page limits and in light of the Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving holidays; Subject to the approval of the Court, the parties hereby stipulate as follows. 1. Defendants' brief in opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction shall

have a 40 page limit, and will be filed no later than 5:00 pm EST, November 15, 2007. Copies of the exhibits pertaining to that brief will be delivered on November 15 to Sarah Schindler, Bryan Jacobsen, and Michael Jasny at the following addresses: Sarah Schindler Morrison and Foerster 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 415-268-7434

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Bryan Jacobsen Natural Resources Defense Council 1314 Second Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 310-434-2300 Michael Jasny 4479 W. 5th Avenue Vancouver, BC V6R1S4 Canada 604-736-9386 Plaintiffs' reply brief in support of their motion for a preliminary injunction shall have

a 25 page limit, and will be filed no later than November 30, 2007. A hearing on the Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction will be held on

December 18, 2007, or a date thereafter at the Court's convenience.

Dated: November 8, 2007

RONALD J. TENPAS Acting Assistant Attorney General United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON, Senior Trial Attorney Wildlife & Marine Resources Section GUILLERMO A. MONTERO, Trial Attorney Natural Resources Section United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 663 Washington, D.C. 20044-663 Tel. (202) 305-0211/ Tel. (202) 305-0443 Fax (202) 305-0275/ Fax (202) 305-0274 [email protected] [email protected]

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/s/ Guillermo A. Montero Guillermo A. Montero Counsel for Federal Defendants

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Dated: November 8, 2007

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP ROBERT L. FALK ROBIN S. STAFFORD SARAH B. SCHINDLER NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. JOEL R. REYNOLDS CARA A. HOROWITZ By: /s/ Robin S. Stafford Robin S. Stafford Attorneys for Plaintiffs NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES; CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE FOR COASTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY; JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The hearing on Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction is continued to January 16, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
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