District Court, District of Columbia June 30, 2011, Misc. No. 08-764 (EGS). MDL Docket No. 1993 (In Re Polar Bear Endangered Species Act Listing)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

EMMET G. SULLIVAN, District Judge.

In May 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS” or “the Service”) issued its final rule listing the polar bear as a “threatened species” under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

See

Determination of Threatened Status for the Polar Bear

(Ursus

maritivms) Throughout Its Range, 73 Fed.Reg. 28,212 (May 15, 2008) (the “Listing Rule”).