Judge Harvey C. Sweitzer

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  www.desertdispatch.com/news/blm_1592___article.html/cat - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/2/2007    Last Visited: 10/4/2007  

  Harvey C. Sweitzer, an administrative law judge with the Department of Interior's Office of Hearings and Appeals, ruled that the effects of the lease extension on wildlife should be further explored before the 10-year lease is extended.
  
  Sweitzer will further consider the matter in a hearing to be held in the coming months.

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  www.newsreview.com/reno/Content?oid=587502 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/11/2007    Last Visited: 10/19/2007  

  Administrative law judge Harvey C. Sweitzer said the BLM failed to provide a rational basis for increased grazing.

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  www.inlandempireonline.com/news/ap/20010825/CA_Desert_G - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/25/2001    Last Visited: 8/25/2001  

  The ruling Friday by Harvey C. Sweitzer , an administrative law judge with the U.S. Department of the Interior , effectively dismissed a Sept. 7 deadline for ranchers to move their cows , said Jan Bedrosian , a BLM spokeswoman.

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  www.enn.com/press_releases/2183 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/3/2007    Last Visited: 10/3/2007  

  In his decision, Administrative Law Judge Harvey C. Sweitzer agreed with the conservation groups that the Bureau of Land Management's decision to increase the number of cattle authorized was invalid.
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  "And Judge Sweitzer recognized that."

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  www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=10827 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/5/2001    Last Visited: 9/13/2007  

  The Department of Interior then appointed administrative law Judge Harvey Sweitzer to hear the ranchers' appeal.On Aug. 24, after two weeks of hearings, Sweitzer upheld the grazing limits but said BLM failed to consult adequately with the ranchers.To appease Sweitzer and meet the Sept. 7 court deadline, the BLM scheduled two days of meetings with the ranchers.

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  "Willing Sellers"? - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/5/2001    Last Visited: 10/13/2002  

  On August 24, Administrative Law Judge Harvey C. Sweitzer ruled that the BLM violated its own regulations by failing to engage in "consultation" with Fisher and six other ranchers affected by its order.
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  Judge Sweitzer remanded the BLM order back to the agency and instructed it to afford Fisher and the other ranchers "a real opportunity to contribute information and shape the actions to be taken for the future benefit of all parties."
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  Judge Sweitzer's instruction that BLM allow Fisher to participate in the grazing decision is less supportive than it at first appears.

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  BLM increases Tortoise Protection - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/13/2001    Last Visited: 7/13/2003  

  Judge Harvey C. Sweitzer upheld BLM's science-based arguments for endangered species protection and recovery, by limiting grazing on nearly 500,000 acres of public lands within the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA).He also required the BLM hold further consultations with the livestock industry over the tortoise conservation measures.
  
  Conservationists are applauding the move.

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  BLM officials stress need to protect desert tortoise - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/5/2001    Last Visited: 8/5/2001  

  Administrative law Judge Harvey Sweitzer , who is conducting the hearing , received testimony Saturday from three regional officials of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management , which proposes the seasonal grazing ban to protect the endangered desert tortoise.
  
  We cannot allow irreversible or irretrievable harm to the tortoise , said Tim Read , the BLM's Barstow area manager.The bureau's decision to impose seasonal grazing limits ( in the spring and fall ) and to set a cap on the number of cattle on public land will benefit the tortoise..
  
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  Eight High Desert ranchers have appealed the BLM restrictions , and Sweitzer must rule on their appeal by Aug. 24 , two weeks before fall grazing restrictions are scheduled to start.
  
  The Center for Biological Diversity , Sierra Club and Public Employees for En
  
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  vironmental Responsibility filed a lawsuit against the BLM last year in federal court in San Francisco , alleging the bureau failed to protect the tortoise on public land.
  
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  Sweitzer has received volumes of written and verbal testimony since the hearing opened July 24 at Barstow City Hall.
  
  His pending ruling is expected to be based on four issues :.
  
  Whether the BLM's April 9 environmental assessment on grazing limits and its decision to impose the restrictions are legally sufficient under the National Environmental Policy Act.
  
  Whether the grazing limits are arbitrary and capricious or an abuse of discretion.
  
  Whether the restrictions on grazing are consistent with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act , which requires the BLM to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on decisions that could affect the tortoise.

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  BLM orders livestock off half a million desert acres - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/12/2002    Last Visited: 5/28/2003  

  Judge Harvey C. Sweitzer upheld BLM's science-based arguments for endangered species protection and recovery, by seasonally limiting damaging livestock grazing on over 500,000 acres of fragile public lands habitat within the 11.5 million acres administered by BLM in the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA).Sweitzer, acting under rarely designated Secretarial level authority, agreed with arguments that livestock eat important tortoise food plants, leaving the reptiles with a "junk food" diet and therefore harming their recovery.

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  BLM orders livestock off half a million desert acres-... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/5/2002    Last Visited: 4/5/2002  

  Judge Harvey C. Sweitzer upheld BLM's science-based arguments for endangered species protection and recovery, by seasonally limiting damaging livestock grazing on over 500,000 acres of fragile public lands habitat within the 11.5 million acres administered by BLM in the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA).Sweitzer, acting under rarely designated Secretarial level authority, agreed with arguments that livestock eat important tortoise food plants, leaving the reptiles with a "junk food" diet and therefore harming their recovery.
  
  Since Sweitzer's fall ruling six of the seven Mojave public lands ranchers have worked out agreements with BLM to protect tortoises.

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