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2013-09-23-Friends of Del Norte Complaint – Ecf1 Case3:13-cv-04407 Document1 Filed09/23/13 Page1 of 87 1 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324; [email protected]) 2 PHILIP L. GREGORY (SBN 95217; [email protected]) PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY (SBN 24541; [email protected]) 3 840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 Burlingame, California 94010 4 Tel: (650) 697-6000 / Fax: (650) 697-0577 5 GROSS LAW STUART GROSS (SBN 251019; [email protected]) 6 The Embarcadero Pier 9, Suite 100 7 San Francisco, California 94111 Tele: (415) 671-4628 / Fax: (415) 480-6688 8 SHARON E. DUGGAN (SBN 105108; [email protected]) 9 ATTORNEY AT LAW 370 Grand Avenue, Suite 5 10 Oakland, California 94610 Tel: (510) 271-0825 / Fax: (510) 271-0829 11 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Ted Souza, Friends Of Del Norte, 12 Environmental Protection Information Center, and Center For Biological Diversity 13 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 TED SOUZA , an individual; FRIENDS OF Case No. _______________________ 17 DEL NORTE ; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION 18 CENTER , a non-profit corporation; and COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF 19 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVERSITY , a non-profit corporation, PROCEDURE ACT 20 Plaintiffs, 21 v. 22 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 23 TRANSPORTATION ; MALCOLM DOUGHERTY , in his official capacity as 24 Director of the State of California Department of Transportation; the NATIONAL MARINE 25 FISHERIES SERVICE ; and SAMUEL D. RAUCH III, in his official capacity as Acting 26 Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 27 Defendants. 28 LAW OFFICES COTCHETT , PITRE & MCCARTHY , LLP COMPLAINT Case3:13-cv-04407 Document1 Filed09/23/13 Page2 of 87 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 3 I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 4 II. PARTIES .......................................................................................................................... 9 5 A. Plaintiffs ................................................................................................................. 9 6 B. Defendants ........................................................................................................... 13 7 III. JURISDICTION ............................................................................................................ 14 8 IV. VENUE ............................................................................................................................ 15 9 V. INTRADISTRICT ASSIGNMENT ............................................................................. 15 10 11 VI. FACTUAL BACKGROUND ........................................................................................ 16 12 A. The Narrow and Windy Smith River Canyon and Heavily Wooded Areas Along US 199 and SR 197 ........................................................................ 16 13 1. The Smith River, Its Tributaries, and Their Environments Are an 14 Extremely Important, Fragile, and Rare Habitat for 15 Numerous Listed Species ......................................................................... 16 16 2. The Smith River Is “Critical Habitat” for A Unique Population of Threatened SONCC Coho Facing A “High Risk of Extinction” ............. 18 17 3. The Smith River Is Designated as “Essential Fish Habitat” for 18 Coho and Chinook Salmon Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act ............... 23 19 4. The Health and Scenic Character of the Smith River Is Also 20 Very Important to the Residents of the Area and Its Visitors .................. 26 21 B. The 197/199 Project Will Involve Extensive Construction, 22 Endangering the Smith River, the SONCC Coho, and the Other Fish and Animals It Supports....................................................................................... 28 23 1. Ruby 1 ...................................................................................................... 30 24 2. Ruby 2 ...................................................................................................... 33 25 26 3. Roadwork Planned on US 199 ................................................................. 36 27 a. Patrick Creek Narrows #1 ............................................................ 37 28 b. The Narrows................................................................................. 38 LAW OFFICES COTCHETT , PITRE & COMPLAINT i MCCARTHY , LLP Case3:13-cv-04407 Document1 Filed09/23/13 Page3 of 87 1 c. Patrick Creek Narrows #2 ............................................................ 41 2 d. Patrick Creek Narrows # 3 ........................................................... 45 3 e. Washington Curve ....................................................................... 46 4 D. The 197/199 Project’s Larger Setting: Caltrans’ Project To Create a 5 Large Truck Network Throughout Northern California ...................................... 48 6 E. The 197/199 Project’s Other Impacts on the Environment ................................. 51 7 VII. IN DESIGNING AND/OR ANALYZING THE PROJECT AND ITS 8 IMPACTS, CALTRANS AND NMFS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ESA, THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT, THE WILD AND SCENIC 9 RIVERS ACT, NEPA, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ACT .......................................................................................... 54 10 11 A. NMFS Failed to Comply with Section 7 of the ESA in Its Consultation With Caltrans Concerning the Project’s Impacts on 12 Threatened SONCC Coho, Green Sturgeon, and Designated SONCC Critical Habitat ...................................................................................... 55 13 B. Caltrans and NMFS Failed to Comply With the Magnuson-Stevens 14 Act In Their Consultation Concerning the Project’s Impacts on the 15 Designated Essential Fish Habitat of Pacific Salmon .......................................... 62 16 C. Caltrans Failed to Comply With the Wild and Scenic River Act Concerning the Project’s Impacts on the Wild and Scenic Smith River ............. 65 17 D. Caltrans Failed to Comply With NEPA in Its Analysis of the Project’s 18 Impacts on the Human Environment ................................................................... 66 19 E. Caltrans Failed to Comply With the Requirements of Section 4(f) of 20 the Department of Transportation Act Concerning the Project’s Acquisition of, and Impact On, Lands Within the Six River National 21 Forest and the Smith River National Recreation Area ......................................... 72 22 VIII. PLAINTIFFS HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL PROCEDURAL 23 REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................... 74 24 A. Irreparable Harm and Arbitrary and Capricious Action ...................................... 74 25 B. Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies ............................................................. 74 26 C. Standing ............................................................................................................... 75 27 D. Attorneys’ Fees .................................................................................................... 75 28 LAW OFFICES COTCHETT , PITRE & COMPLAINT ii MCCARTHY , LLP Case3:13-cv-04407 Document1 Filed09/23/13 Page4 of 87 1 IX. CLAIMS FOR RELIEF ................................................................................................ 75 2 FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF 3 Violations of the APA, 5 U.S.C. § 701, et seq. Failure to Adequately Engage in Endangered Species Action 4 Section 7 Consultation (Against Defendant NMFS) ............................................................................................. 75 5 SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF 6 Violations of the APA, 5 U.S.C. § 701, et seq. 7 Failure to Adequately Engage in Magnuson-Stevens Act Section 305 Consultation 8 (Against All Defendants) ................................................................................................. 76 9 THIRD CLAIM FOR RELIEF Violation of the APA, 5 U.S.C. § 701, et seq. 10 Failure to Adequately Engage in Section 7 of the Wild and Scenic 11 Rivers Act Consultation (Against Defendant Caltrans) .......................................................................................... 77 12 FOURTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF 13 Violation of the APA, 5 U.S.C. § 701, et seq. Failure to Prepare and EIS as Required by NEPA 14 (Against Defendant Caltrans) .......................................................................................... 78 15 FIFTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF 16 Violation of the APA, 5 U.S.C. § 701, et seq. Failure to Prepare an Adequate EA as Required by NEPA 17 (Against Defendant Caltrans) .......................................................................................... 79 18 SIXTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF 19 Violation of the APA, 5 U.S.C. § 701, et seq. Failure to Comply with Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act 20 (Against Defendant Caltrans) .......................................................................................... 80 21 SEVENTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF 22 Violations of APA, 5 U.S.C. § 701, et seq . Failure to Comply with NEPA, the ESA, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 23 the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and the Department of Transportation Act (Against All Defendants) ................................................................................................. 81 24 X. PRAYER FOR RELIEF ................................................................................................ 82 25 26 27 28 LAW OFFICES COTCHETT , PITRE & COMPLAINT iii MCCARTHY , LLP Case3:13-cv-04407 Document1 Filed09/23/13 Page5 of 87
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