The Edmonds Institute
Alliance for the Wild Rockies
International Center for Technology AssessmentLEGAL CHRONOLOGY
- July 1, 1997
Edmonds Institute files Freedom of Information Act requests with the Office of the Secretary of the Interior and National Park Service.
- August 15, 1997
Edmonds Institute and International Center for Technology Assessment file Petition for Rulemaking and Collateral Relief with Department of the Interior and National Park Service. (Petition seeks, inter alia, compliance with National Environmental Policy Act).
- August 17, 1997
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Yellowstone National Park/National Park Service and Diversa Corporation signed at Yellowstone's 125th Anniversary.
- September 23, 1997
National Park Service initiates ninety (90) day internal review of the Yellowstone-Diversa CRADA.
- January 21, 1998
National Park Service denies Edmonds Institute and International Center for Technology Assessment Petition for Rulemaking and Collateral Relief.
- February 6, 1998
Department of Interior settles Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Edmonds Institute by releasing responsive documents in the possession of the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Interior. Edmonds Institute v. Department of the Interior, Docket No. 97 -CV-2190 (filed on September 23, 1997) (International Center for Technology Assessment serves as attorney).
- February 25, 1998
Edmonds Institute files Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the National Park Service for withholding from public disclosure Appendix B (the negotiated financial terms) of the Yellowstone- Diversa CRADA, Edmonds Institute v. National Park Service, Docket No. 98-CV-482 (filed February 25, 1998) (International Center for Technology Assessment serving as attorney)
- March 5, 1998
Edmonds Institute, International Center for Technology Assessment, Alliance for a Wild Rockies and others file lawsuit against the Department of the Interior and National Park Service to stop the Yellowstone-Diversa CRADA.
- May 15, 1998
National Park Service amends the Yellowstone-Diversa CRADA.
- May 21, 1998
During briefing in Edmonds Institute v National Park Service, National Park Service reveals that it is seeking 15-18 additional agreements like the Yellowstone-Diversa CRADA.