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JAMES S. BURLING, Alaska Bar No. 8411102 E-mail: [email protected] OLIVER J. DUNFORD*, Ohio Bar No. 0073933 E-mail: [email protected] JEFFREY W. McCOY*, Colo. Bar No. 43562 E-mail: [email protected] Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, California 95814 Telephone: (916) 419-7111 Facsimile: (916) 419-7747 JONATHAN WOOD*, Cal. Bar No. 285229 E-mail: [email protected] TODD F. GAZIANO*, Tex. Bar No. 07742200 E-mail: [email protected] Pacific Legal Foundation 3033 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700 Arlington, Virginia 22201 Telephone: (202) 888-6881 ZACHARIA OLSON*, D.C. Bar No. 1025677 E-mail: [email protected] Birch, Horton, Bittner & Cherot, P.C. 1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 1020 Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: (202) 659-5800 *Pro Hac Vice Pending Attorneys for Applicant Defendant-Intervenors IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, ) No. 3:17-cv-00091-JWS ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Def.-Intervenors’ P. & A. to Motion to Intervene CBD v. Zinke, No. 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Case 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Document 20 Filed 05/04/17 Page 1 of 22 ) MEMORANDUM IN RYAN ZINKE, et al., ) SUPPORT OF ) DEFENDANT- Defendants. ) INTERVENORS’ MOTION ) TO INTERVENE PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION; ) (FRCP 24) ALASKA OUTDOOR COUNCIL; BIG ) GAME FOREVER; KURT WHITEHEAD; ) and JOE LETARTE, ) ) Applicant Defendant-Intervenors. ) _________________________________________ ) Def.-Intervenors’ P. & A. to Motion to Intervene CBD v. Zinke, No. 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Case 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Document 20 Filed 05/04/17 Page 2 of 22 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 Applicants ...................................................................................................................... 3 Background .................................................................................................................... 6 Argument ....................................................................................................................... 8 I. Applicants Satisfy Rule 24(a) and Should Be Granted Intervention as of Right .................................................................. 8 A. Applicants’ Motion to Intervene Is Timely .................................................... 9 B. Applicants Have Significantly Protectable Interests in This Action ............ 9 C. Disposition of This Case May Impair or Impede Applicants’ Interests ...... 11 D. None of the Parties Adequately Represent Applicants’ Interests ............... 12 II. In the Alternative, Applicants Satisfy the Standard for Permissive Intervention .............................................................................. 15 Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 16 i Def.-Intervenors’ P. & A. to Motion to Intervene CBD v. Zinke, No. 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Case 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Document 20 Filed 05/04/17 Page 3 of 22 Table of Authorities Cases Arakaki v. Cayetano, 324 F.3d 1078 (9th Cir. 2003) .................................................. 13 California ex rel. Lockyer v. United States, 450 F.3d 436 (9th Cir. 2006) ............................................................................. 8-9, 11 Californians for Safe & Competitive Dump Truck Transp. v. Mendonca, 152 F.3d 1184 (9th Cir. 1998) ............................................................... 15 Citizens for Balanced Use v. Montana Wilderness Ass’n, 647 F.3d 893 (9th Cir. 2011) ........................................................................... 9, 12-13 Cnty. of Fresno v. Andrus, 622 F.2d 436 (9th Cir. 1980) .............................................. 9 Employee Staffing Servs. v. Aubry, 20 F.3d 1038 (9th Cir. 1994) .............................. 15 Fair Hous. of Marin v. Combs, 285 F.3d 899 (9th Cir. 2002) ..................................... 12 Forest Conservation Council v. United States Forest Serv., 66 F.3d 1489 (9th Cir. 1995) ............................................................................... 10-13 Greene v. United States, 996 F.2d 973 (9th Cir. 1993) ................................................. 9 Idaho Farm Bureau Fed’n v. Babbitt, 58 F.3d 1392 (9th Cir. 1995) ......................... 10 INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) ............................................................................. 7 Kootenai Tribe of Idaho v. Veneman, 313 F.3d 1094 (9th Cir. 2002) ......................... 15 La Asociacion de Trabajadores de Lake Forest v. City of Lake Forest, 624 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 2010) ................................................. 12 Nuesse v. Camp, 385 F.2d 694 (D.C. Cir. 1967) ............................................................ 9 Orange Cnty. v. Air California, 799 F.2d 535 (9th Cir. 1986) .................................... 15 S.W. Center for Biological Diversity v. Berg, 268 F.3d 810 (9th Cir. 2001) ............... 12 Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Sugar Bowl Rancheria v. United States, 921 F.2d 924 (9th Cir. 1990) ............................................................ 10 SEC v. United States Realty & Improvement Co., 310 U.S. 434 (1940) .................... 15 Sierra Club v. EPA, 995 F.2d 1478 (9th Cir. 1993) ................................................. 9-10 ii Def.-Intervenors’ P. & A. to Motion to Intervene CBD v. Zinke, No. 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Case 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Document 20 Filed 05/04/17 Page 4 of 22 Trbovich v. United Mine Workers of Am., 404 U.S. 528 (1972) .................................. 12 United States v. Alisal Water Corp., 370 F.3d 915 (9th Cir. 2004) .............................. 9 United States v. Carpenter, 526 F.3d 1237 (9th Cir. 2008) ........................................ 10 United States v. City of Los Angeles, 288 F.3d 391 (9th Cir. 2002) ............................. 8 Utah Ass’n of Counties v. Clinton, 255 F.3d 1246 (10th Cir. 2001) ........................... 13 Wilderness Soc’y v. U.S. Forest Service, 630 F.3d 1173 (9th Cir. 2011) ................. 8-10 Statutes 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(1)(A) ................................................................................................... 7 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(1)(B) ................................................................................................... 7 5 U.S.C. § 801(f) ......................................................................................................... 1, 7 5 U.S.C. § 802 ................................................................................................................. 7 5 U.S.C. § 804(3) ............................................................................................................ 7 16 U.S.C. §§ 410hh-3233 ............................................................................................... 1 16 U.S.C. §§ 668dd-668ee .............................................................................................. 1 43 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1784) ................................................................................................. 1 Pub. L. No. 104–121, Title II, Subtitle E, codified at 5 U.S.C. §§ 801-808 (2012) ....................................................................... 6 Pub. L. No. 115–20, 131 Stat. 86 ................................................................................... 1 Rules Fed. R. Civ. P. 24 ........................................................................................................... 1 Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a) ................................................................................................ 3, 8-9 Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a)(2) .............................................................................................. 9-10 Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(b) ................................................................................................. 3, 15 iii Def.-Intervenors’ P. & A. to Motion to Intervene CBD v. Zinke, No. 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Case 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Document 20 Filed 05/04/17 Page 5 of 22 Other Authorities 81 Fed. Reg. 52,248 (Aug. 5, 2016) ............................................................................ 1, 7 Editorial, Draining the Regulatory Swamp, WALL ST. J., Feb. 27, 2017, https://www.wsj.com/articles/draining-the-regulatory-swamp-1488328398 ........... 4 Editorial, Trump’s Deregulation Project, WALL ST. J., Apr. 17, 2017, https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-deregulation-project-1492470927 ................. 4 https://blog.pacificlegal.org/tag/congressional-review-act/ ......................................... 14 https://rpc.senate.gov/cra-tracking .............................................................................. 14 https://www.redtaperollback.com/reports ................................................................... 14 RedTapeRollback.com .............................................................................................. 4, 14 Strassel, Kimberly A., A GOP Regulatory Game Changer, WALL ST. J., Jan. 26, 2017, https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-gop-regulatory-game-changer-1485478085 ........... 4 iv Def.-Intervenors’ P. & A. to Motion to Intervene CBD v. Zinke, No. 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Case 3:17-cv-00091-JWS Document 20 Filed 05/04/17 Page 6 of 22 INTRODUCTION Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24, Pacific Legal Foundation, Alaska Outdoor Council, Big Game Forever, Kurt Whitehead, and Joe Letarte, (collectively, “Applicants”) move to intervene to protect their interests at stake in this litigation. Plaintiff Center for Biological