Shasta Resources Council v. United States Department of the Interior

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: MOTION AND CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Plaintiffs Shasta Resources Council, Shasta Coalition for Preservation of Public Land, and Sacramento River Preservation Trust brought this action against defendants United States Department of the Interior, Interior Secretary Kenneth Lee Salazar, the Interior Board of Land Appeals (“IBLA”), the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), BLM Director Jim Caswell, BLM State Director Mike Pool, BLM Redding Field Office Manager Steven W. Anderson (collectively, “Federal Defendants”), Brent Owen, and Kimberly D. Hawkins (together, “Private Defendants”), alleging violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4331-4347 , and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (“FLPMA”), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1785 . Plaintiffs’ allegations pertain to a 2006 land exchange between BLM and Private Defendants involving a 216 acre parcel of federal land in Shasta County, California (“Federal Parcel”), and a 566 acre parcel of private land in Trinity County, California (“Non-Federal Parcel”). Presently before the court are plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and defendants’ cross-motions for summary judgment…