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On November 2, 2004, EPIC filed suit against the. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric. Administration (NOAA Fisheries) for their ongoing failure to comply with federal laws, in the approval and oversight, of the Pacific Lumber Company's Habitat Conservation' Plan and Incidental Take Permits (HCP). issued in. 1999 as part of the Headwaters Deal. The suit alleges that these agencies have violated the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy-Act and the Clean Water Act in numerous ways resulting in impacts to listed species including the marbled murrelet, coho and. Chinook salmon, and coastal cutthroat and steelhead trout. The suit also names Pacific Lumber and its related companies for their documented violations of law since the HCP was unveiled in 1999. Friends of the Van Duzen joined with EPIC in the suit in late December. (read more)