This suit challenges the failure of the U.S. Coast Guard to protect the critically
imperiled Southern Resident Killer Whale and other threatened marine species in the inland
waters of the Salish Sea from the significant risk of oil spills and other harms associated with
shipping traffic, particularly oil tankers.

The Natural Resources Defense Council, Conservation Law Foundation, Center for Biological Diversity, and Mr. R. Zack Klyver (“Applicants”) seek to intervene as defendants in this case to protect their interests in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument (“the Monument”). Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7(m), counsel for Applicants contacted Plaintiffs’ counsel on March 24 and 28, 2017, to ascertain their position on this motion prior to filing.

This matter is REMANDED to the National Marine Fisheries Service for further proceedings consistent with the Court’s Memorandum Opinion