ELR Citation: ELR 20226
No(s). 1358-73 (D.D.C. Feb 25, 1974)

The court grants plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and issues an injunction prohibiting the defendants from expanding the volume of timber sales offerings from the National Forests during fiscal year 1974 by approximately one billion board-feet until NEPA compliance has occurred. The proposed program of increased logging represents a major federal action, and plaintiffs have made a prima facie showing of significant effect upon the environment. Defendants are ordered to prepare either an environmental impact statement that meets the requirements of the Act, or a statement of reasons as to why an EIS is unnecessary.

Counsel for Plaintiffs
Thomas B. Stoel Jr.
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
1710 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Bruce J. Terris
1908 Sunderland Place. NW
Washington, DC 20036

Toby Sherwood
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
664 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94307

Barry A. Fisher
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc.
311 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104

Counsel for Defendants
L. Mark Wine
Department of Justice
Washington, DC20530

Harold H. Titus Jr. U.S. Attorney
U.S. Courthouse
3rd and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

John Knebel General Counsel
Department of Agriculture
Room 2031, South Building
Washington, DC 20250