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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR INTERVENTION BY BROPHY WATER DIST. & HALLWOOD IRRIG. CO. 1

SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN

A Professional Corporation 

STUART L. SOMACH, ESQ. (SBN 090959) 

ANDREW M. HITCHINGS, ESQ. (SBN 154554) 

813 Sixth Street, Third Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 446-7979 

Facsimile: (916) 446-8199 

Email: ahitchings@lawssd.com 

GALLERY & BARTON 

JESSE W. BARTON, ESQ. (SBN 221337) 

DANIEL GALLERY, ESQ. (SBN 27295) 

1112 I Street, Suite 240 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 444-2880 

Facsimile: (916) 444-6915 

Email: jbarton@gallerybartonlaw.com 

Attorneys for [Proposed] Intervenors 

BROPHY WATER DISTRICT and 

HALLWOOD IRRIGATION COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS LEAGUE, 

a non-profit corporation, and FRIENDS OF THE 

RIVER, a non-profit corporation, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, 

CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, as Secretary of 

Commerce, RODNEY McINNIS, as Regional 

Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries 

Service Southwest Region, UNITED STATES 

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, PETE GEREN, 

as Acting Secretary of the Army, COLONEL 

RONALD L. LIGHT, as District Engineer, 

Sacramento District, and YUBA COUNTY 

WATER AGENCY, 

 Defendants. 

Civil Case No. 2:06-CV-02845-LKK-JFM 

STIPULATION AND 

ORDER FOR INTERVENTION BY 

BROPHY WATER DISTRICT AND 

HALLWOOD IRRIGATION COMPANY 

DRY CREEK MUTUAL WATER COMPANY, 

 Defendant-Intevenor. 

BROPHY WATER DISTRICT and HALLWOOD 

IRRIGATION COMPANY, 

 [Proposed] Intervenors. 

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WHEREAS, Brophy Water District and Hallwood Irrigation Company desire to intervene 

in this case as Intervenor/Defendants, and further desire that such intervention be limited to the 

remedial aspects of the case, and for the purposes of participating in any related settlement 

proceedings. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs South Yuba River Citizens League and Friends of the River, 

Defendant Yuba County Water Agency (“YCWA”), and existing Defendant-Intervenor Dry Creek 

Mutual Water Company agree that Brophy Water District and Hallwood Irrigation Company 

should be granted such limited intervention in this case. 

WHEREAS counsel for the Federal Defendants National Marine Fisheries Service, Carlos 

M. Gutierrez, in his capacity as Secretary of Commerce, Rodney McInnis, in his capacity as 

Regional Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region, United States 

Army Corps of Engineers (“ACOE”), Pete Geren, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of 

the Army, Colonel Ronald L. Light, in his official capacity as ACOE District Engineer, 

Sacramento District (collectively “Federal Defendants”), has advised Brophy Water District and 

Hallwood Irrigation Company’s counsel that Federal Defendants would take no position on 

Brophy Water District and Hallwood Irrigation Company’s intervention pursuant to this 

stipulation and proposed order. 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated by and between Brophy Water District and 

Hallwood Irrigation Company, Plaintiffs South Yuba River Citizens League and Friends of the 

River, YCWA, and Dry Creek Mutual Water Company, through their respective counsel, as 

follows: 

1. Brophy Water District and Hallwood Irrigation Company shall be granted 

intervention in this action, but with such intervention limited to the remedial aspects of the 

litigation. This limited intervention shall include the right to fully participate in any remedy 

phase of this case. This limited intervention shall also include the rights to fully participate in any 

other remedial aspects of the case that could impact or otherwise affect Brophy Water District and 

Hallwood Irrigation Company’s rights under their existing water service agreements with YCWA. 

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2. Brophy Water District and Hallwood Irrigation Company shall have the opportunity 

to fully participate in any court proceedings related to approval or implementation of any 

settlement of this case, at any time during this case. 

3. Brophy Water District and Hallwood Irrigation Company shall be permitted to 

promptly file their answer in intervention to the Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint herein. 

SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN 

A Professional Corporation 

DATED: July 16, 2007 By 

Andrew M. Hitchings 

Attorneys for [Proposed] Intervenors 

BROPHY WATER DISTRICT and HALLWOOD 

IRRIGATION COMPANY

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor 

DRY CREEK MUTUAL WATER COMPANY

DATED: July 12, 2007 /s/ Megan M. Anderson (as authorized on 7/12/07)

Megan M. Anderson 

Attorney at Law 

19556 Burning Bush Road 

Nevada City, CA 95959 

Telephone: (530) 277-5758 

Facsimile: (415) 358-5695 

mandersonlaw@gmail.com 

Christopher A. Sproul 

Environmental Advocates 

5135 Anza Street 

San Francisco, CA 94121 

Telephone: (415) 533-3376 

Facsimile: (415) 358-5695 

csproul@enviroadvocates.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS LEAGUE and 

FRIENDS OF THE RIVER

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REMY, THOMAS, MOOSE AND MANLEY, LLP 

/s/ Howard F. Wilkins III for Whitman F. Manley 

DATED: July 16, 2007 By: (as authorized on July 16, 2007)

Whitman F. Manley 

455 Capitol Mall, Suite 210 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 443-2745 

Facsimile: (916) 443-9017 

WManley@rtmmlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant YUBA COUNTY WATER 

AGENCY 

ORDER

The Court, having read and considered the foregoing stipulation, and good cause 

appearing, 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 24, 2007. 

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