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<br />11/03/98 rUE 08: 32 FU 303 231 5363 <br /> <br />SOLIClrOR/DE~'~R <br /> <br />l{Q 003 <br /> <br />OD03 J7 <br /> <br />of Commerce (National Marine Fisheries SerVice) for <br />virtually all marine ~peciea except some marine <br />mammal,s. ElSA !is 3(15) &; 4,(a) , 16 U.S.C. SS lS32.t15) &: <br />1533 (a) . <br /> <br />3. Basis for Listing ,Determinations, <br /> <br />a. Determination mUSt-be made solely on the basis <br />of best scientific and commercial information <br />available. ESA S 4(b) (1) (Al, 16 U.S.C. <br />1533 (b) (1) (A) . " <br /> <br />b. American Pisher.:Ies Sociatv v. Verity, Civil No. <br />88-0174 RAR.-JFM. (E.D., Cal. ~eb. 1999) (Commerce <br />could consider regulatory measures adopted by <br />other federal and atate agencies in determining <br />whether to list a species)'. ' <br /> <br />~. Northern Rbo~eed oWl v. ROdel, 716 F.Supp. 479 <br />(W,.D. Wash. 19.88)' (age,ncy decj,sionnot to list <br />Spotted owl was not SUpported by administrative <br />record) . <br /> <br />Q. P~~if~~ L@aa1 FoUftd~t~on 7. Andrus, 657 F.2d <br />829 (6th Cir. 1991) (Fish and Wildlife Se~ice <br />listing determination exempt from'NEPA since <br />preparing an environmental impact statement would <br />not eerve the purposes of the ESA). <br /> <br />- , <br />s. ~~hama~~cmbiqh~A Riverg v~ ne~rt of: Interior, <br />26. F.3d, 1103 (11th Cir; 1.994); (Utider the Federal <br />Advisory Committee Actl Upheld injuncti~n on the <br />uSe of advisory committee report as'support for <br />lis,tin~ Alabama sturgeon as endangered) '.' <br /> <br />(D.Id. <br /> <br />f. Idaho Farm Bursau ~ed 'n v. Bahhitjo, 58 F'.3d <br />1392 (9th Cir. 1.995), :z:eN'.'i1 '839 F.Supp. 739 <br /> <br />1993) (reinstating listing of Bruneau hotspring <br />snail) _ <br /> <br />g. <br />of <br /> <br />~~~..red Snec:iel!l-'Comm. of alder. <br />So. ~~lif. v. Bahbitt, 852S.Sucp. <br />."'. - <br /> <br />Ind., .Aaa 'n <br />32 (D.D.c. <br /> <br />- :2 - <br />