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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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DEFENDANT AND THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFF EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND PLAINTIFF 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S STIPULATION CONCERNING THE COURT REGISTRY ACCOUNT 

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DONGELL LAWRENCE FINNEY LLP 

RICHARD A. DONGELL, SBN: 128083 

(rdongell@dlflawyers.com)

THOMAS F. VANDENBURG, SBN: 163446 

(tvandenburg@dlflawyers.com)

707 Wilshire Boulevard, 45th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90017-3609 

Telephone: (213) 943-6100 

Facsimile: (213) 943-6101 

Attorneys for Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff 

EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

EL DORADO COUNTY, 

CALIFORNIA; and CITY OF SOUTH 

LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: S-01-1520 MCE GGH

Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr. 

DEFENDANT AND THIRD 

PARTY PLAINTIFF EL DORADO 

COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND 

PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA’S STIPULATION 

CONCERNING THE COURT 

REGISTRY ACCOUNT 

AND ALL RELATED CROSS 

ACTIONS 

Whereas, on December 9, 2009, the Court granted the United States’ 

Motion to Approve Consent Decree with Certain Third Party Defendants; and, 

Whereas, on December 7, 2009, the Court issued an Order directing 

the deposit of settlement monies with the Clerk of the Court and directing the 

Clerk of the Court to deposit all settlement monies with the court registry 

investment account (“Court Registry Account ”); and, 

Whereas, to date the Clerk of the Court has made and/or received such 

deposits such totaling $1.25 million as follows: 

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RECEIPT number #CAE200022311 $100,000.00 

Court Registry Account fbo Sierra Pacific Power Co. by 

Sierra Pacific Power Company on 12/15/2009. (Entered: 

12/15/2009) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022479 $250,000.00 

fbo Heavenly Valley by Heavenly Valley on 12/22/2009. 

(Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022804 $150,000.00 

fbo Safeway Inc. by Safeway Inc. on 1/6/2010. (Entered: 

01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022828 $50,000.00 

fbo Lake Tahoe Unified School Dis. by Century 

Indemnity Company on 1/7/2010. (Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022829 $50,000.00 

fbo Lake Tahoe Unified School Dis. by County of El 

Dorado on 1/7/2010. (Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022831 $100,000.00 

fbo Raleys by Arrowood Indemnity Company on 

1/7/2010. (Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022834 $350,000.00 

fbo Harveys Tahoe Management Co. and Harrah's 

Operating Company, Inc. by Harrahs Lake Tahoe on 

1/7/2010. (Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022873 $50,000.00 

fbo The Hertz Corporation by The Hertz Corporation on 

1/8/2010. (Entered: 01/12/2010) 

DEPOSIT of $150,000 by Douglas County, 

Nevada on February 4, 2010 

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Whereas, the Consent Decree provides that all funds in the Court 

Registry Account are to be maintained in that account with the express purpose 

that such funds be disbursed only for past or future costs of “response” as that term 

is defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

Liability Act (“CERCLA”), as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; and, 

Whereas, Funds in the Court Registry Account may be disbursed upon 

the joint request of the United States and El Dorado County and with the approval 

of this Court; and, 

Whereas, upon a joint request made on an ex parte basis, the Consent 

Decree provides that the Clerk of the Court shall pay some or all of the funds in the 

Court Registry Account as directed by the Court; and, 

Whereas, on June 2, 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, pursuant to its delegated authorities under Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 

U.S.C. §9606, issued a Unilateral Administrative Order (“UAO”) to El Dorado 

County; and 

Whereas, the UAO requires El Dorado County to implement the 

remedial remedy set forth in the Record of Decision for Operational Unit 1 (“OU-1 

ROD”) at the Meyers Landfill Site; 

Whereas the UAO allows El Dorado County and its agents access to 

the Meyers Landfill Site to implement the OU-1 ROD; and, 

Whereas, the United States has issued such UAO in advance of the 

lodging of a Proposed Consent Decree resolving its claims against El Dorado 

County brought herein; and, 

Whereas, the United States anticipates lodging such Proposed Consent 

Decree within the next 30 calendar days; and, 

Whereas, both the United States and El Dorado County agree that 

implementation of the OU-1 ROD at the Meyers Landfill Site to be conducted by 

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El Dorado County, as discussed above, will involve the incurrence of “response 

costs” as that term is defined in CERCLA; 

Therefore, the United States and El Dorado County hereby request 

that this Court approve payment of $1.25 million, plus any interest accrued 

thereon, from the Court Registry Account to El Dorado County for the 

implementation of the OU-1ROD at the Meyers Landfill Site; and hereby request 

that this Court direct the Clerk of the Court to make an electronic fund transfer of 

$1.25 million, plus any interest accrued thereon, from the Court Registry Account 

to El Dorado County as follows within five (5) days of this Order: 

Account name: El Dorado County Treasurer-Tax Collector 

Bank name and address: 

Bank of America NT & SA 

Sacramento Government Services, CBO #1504 

555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1555 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

 Federal Non-ACH Bank routing number (ABA): 

 026009593 

 Bank account number: 1489350167 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 25, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

June 23, 2010 /s/ Thomas F. Vandenburg 

Date THOMAS F. VANDENBURG 

Dongell Lawrence Finney LLP 

707 Wilshire Blvd., 45th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90017 

Telephone: (213) 943-6100 

Facsimile: (213) 943-6101 

Attorneys for El Dorado County, California 

June 23, 2010 /s/ Karl J. Fingerhood 

Date KARL J. FINGERHOOD 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environmental Enforcement Section 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 

Telephone: (202) 514-7519 

Facsimile: (202) 514-2583 

Attorneys for the United States of America 

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