Natural Resources Defense Council v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

279 F.3d 1180 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL; Southeast Alaska Conservation Council; Sierra Club; Organized Village of Kake; Hoonah Indian Association; Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association; Tongass Conservation Society; Sitka Conservation Society; Alaska Center for the Environment; Alaska Wilderness League, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; Christine Todd Whitman, * Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and L. John Iani, ** Regional Administrator, Region 10 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondents, Alaska Forest Association, Inc.; Sealaska Corporation; Sealaska Timber Corporation, Intervenors. No. 00-70890. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted January 9, 2002. Filed February 13, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Sharon Buccino, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.; Robert E. Lindekugel, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Juneau, AK, for the petitioners. Alan D. Greenberg, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Denver, CO, for the respondents. Jonathan K. Tillinghast, Simpson, Tillinghast, Sorensen, Lorensen &…