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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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Christopher Sproul (State Bar No. 126398)

Jodene Isaacs (State Bar No. 226895)

Megan Anderson (State Bar No. 237548)

Environmental Advocates 

5135 Anza Street 

San Francisco, California 94121

Telephone: (415) 533-3376, Facsimile: (415) 358-5695

Email: csproul@enviroadvocates.com, jisaacs@enviroadvocates.com,

manderson@enviroadvocates.com

Daniel Cooper (State Bar No. 153576)

Layne Friedrich (State Bar No. 195431)

Lawyers for Clean Water, Inc.

1004 O'Reilly Avenue

San Francisco, California 94129

Telephone: (415) 440-6520, Facsimile: (415) 440-4155

Email: cleanwater@sfo.com, layne@lawyersforcleanwater.com

Shana Lazerow (State Bar No. 195491)

Adrienne L. Bloch (State Bar No. 215471)

Communities for a Better Environment

1440 Broadway Suite701

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 302-0430, Facsimile: (510) 302-0438

Email: slazerow@cbecal.org, abloch@cbecal.org

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

BAYKEEPER, HUMBOLDT BAYKEEPER, ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION, and

COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

BAYKEEPER, HUMBOLDT BAYKEEPER,

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION, and

COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER

ENVIRONMENT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY, STEPHEN L. 

JOHNSON, as Administrator of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency, WAYNE

NASTRI, as Regional Administrator of the United

States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9,

Defendants.

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Case No. C 06-5159 SC

STIPULATED REQUEST TO 

CONTINUE STAY OF THE CASE;

[Proposed] ORDER

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Stipulation for Stay, [Proposed] Order

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs Baykeeper, Humboldt Baykeeper, Ecological Rights Foundation,

and Communities for a Better Environment commenced this case by filing a complaint on

August 23, 2006 alleging that certain actions taken by EPA with regard to the State of California

in the California State Water Resources Control Board ("State Board")'s Policy for

Implementation of Toxics Standards for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of

California, enacted by State Board Resolution No. 2000-015 (March 2, 2000) and State Board

Resolution No. 2005-0019 (February 24, 2005) ("SIP") submitted by the State of California

pursuant to requirements under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1313(c)(2)(A), violated the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706. Compl. ¶¶ 35-40. Plaintiffs also alleged that

certain actions not taken by EPA with regard to the SIP constituted a constructive approval of

portions of the SIP and violated the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706. Id. ¶¶ 41-44;

WHEREAS, EPA answered the complaint on October 23, 2006;

WHEREAS, the parties met on October 19, 2006 and again on December 14, 2006 to

discuss settlement of this case and made substantial progress toward a settlement agreement at

these meetings;

WHEREAS, based on the October 19th and December 14 meetings and subsequent

discussions, the parties wish to stay all further litigation in this case until March 16, 2007 to

allow time for additional settlement discussions, which the parties presently have reason to

believe will successfully resolve this case without further litigation;

WHEREAS, the Court by Order issued on November 15, 2006 stayed all further litigation

in this case for sixty days, i.e., until January 15, 2007;

WHEREAS, the Court’s November 15, 2006 Order required the parties to submit a status

report on January 17, 2007 informing the Court as to the progress of settlement discussions; 

WHEREAS, in lieu of the January 17, 2007 status report, the parties are by way of this

stipulation informing the Court as to the progress of settlement discussions–that the parties met

again on December 14, 2006 to discuss settlement, made substantial progress toward an

agreement, have agreed to exchange a draft settlement agreement by the middle of this month,

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1As the filing attorney, I, Christopher Sproul, attest that Defendants’ counsel finds the

contents of this filed document acceptable and has given me permission to electronically file this

stipulated motion on Defendants’ behalf.

Stipulation for Stay, [Proposed] Order Page 2 of 4

and are reasonably confident that they will be able to reach an agreement without further

litigation should this case be stayed until March 16, 2007;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties have agreed to a stay of all further litigation in this case

until March 16, 2007 and request that the Court issue an order as follows:

1. All further litigation in this case is stayed until March 16, 2007;

2. This stipulation shall serve in lieu of the status report referred to in the Court’s

November 15, 2006 Order;

3. The parties shall submit a status report no later than March 16, 2007 informing the

Court as to the progress of settlement discussions; and

4. Following receipt of the parties’ status report, the Court will reset the Case

Management Conference and all filing deadlines set in the Court’s Order Setting Initial Case

Management Conference and ADR Deadlines.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 5, 2007

FOR PLAINTIFFS: /s/ Christopher Sproul1 

CHRISTOPHER SPROUL

Environmental Advocates

5135 Anza Street

San Francisco, CA 94121

FOR DEFENDANTS: KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

1/8/07

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Stipulation for Stay, [Proposed] Order Page 3 of 4

 /s/ Lily N. Chinn 

LILY N. CHINN 

Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, D.C. 20026-3986

It is so ordered.

DATED: ___________________ ___________________________________

HON. SAMUEL CONTI

United States District Court

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Stipulation for Stay, [Proposed] Order Page 4 of 4

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

On January 5, 2007, a true and correct copy of the foregoing stipulation was served

electronically via the Court’s e-filing system to Counsel of Record.

 

 /s/ Christopher Sproul 

CHRISTOPHER SPROUL

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