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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:7413(b) Clean Air Act

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IGNACIA S. MORENO

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

W. BENJAMIN FISHEROW - DC Bar No.: 964734

Deputy Chief

Environmental Enforcement Section

ANGELA MO

Trial Attorney

BRADLEY R. O’BRIEN

Senior Attorney

Environmental Enforcement Section

Environment and Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

601 D. Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Tel.: (202) 514-2750

Fax: (202) 514-0097

Email: Benjamin.fisherow@usdoj.gov

Angela.mo@usodj.gov

Brad.obrien@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

) Civil Action No. 09-4503 SI

Plaintiff, )

) JOINT STIPULATION FOR

) CONTINUANCE OF INITIAL CASE

v. ) MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

) AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY, ) 

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Defendant. )

)

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JOINT STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER- Civil Action No. 09-4503 SI - 2 -

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-1(b) Plaintiff, the United States of America, and Defendant,

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, hereby stipulate through their undersigned counsel that (1)

the Initial Case Management Conference, which is currently set for 2:30 p.m. on January 22,

2010, be continued until 2:30 p.m. on March 26, 2010, or a date thereafter that is set by the

Court; and (2) that Defendant be given until April 2, 2010, to answer or otherwise respond to the

Complaint. 

The parties respectfully submit that good cause exists for continuing the Initial Case

Management Conference in this matter as follows:

1. On September 24, 2009, the United States concurrently filed a Complaint and

lodged a Consent Decree resolving the claims alleged in the Complaint. (Docket Nos. 1 and 2.)

2. In its Notice of Lodging of the Consent Decree (Docket No. 3) the United States

informed the Court that pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 50.7, the United States would publish a notice of

the proposed settlement in the Federal Register and accept public comment on the proposed

Consent Decree for a period of 30 days. Notice was published in the Federal Register on

October 5, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 51170-51171).

3. After the notice was published, the United States was contacted by and met with

citizen groups seeking additional information on the proposed settlement.

4. On November 16, 2009, the parties filed a Joint Stipulation Extending Time for

Defendant to Answer or Otherwise Respond to Complaint, requesting an extension of the public

comment period, and an extension for PG&E to answer or respond to the Complaint to March 5,

2010.

5. The notice extending the public comment period was published in the Federal

Register on November 9, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 57703), and the public comment period was

extended to January 8, 2010. 

6. The United States has received comments and is reviewing and fully considering

the information provided. After this review is completed, the United States will request the

Court to enter, not enter, or take other action concerning the Consent Decree. Therefore, there

may be no need for the Court to hold a case management conference or for the Defendant to

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JOINT STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER- Civil Action No. 09-4503 SI - 3 -

answer the Complaint. 

7. The parties therefore respectfully request that the Court postpone the Case

Management Conference established in its Order Setting Case Management Conference (Docket

No. 10) until 2:30 p.m. on March 26, 2010, or a date thereafter that is set by the Court and that

PG&E be given until April 2, 2010, to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

I, Bradley R. O’Brien, attest that concurrence in the filing of this joint stipulation has

been obtained from Mr. Matthew A. Fogelson, the attorney for Defendant PG&E.

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

January 8, 2010 /s/Bradley R. O’Brien 

Date W. BENJAMIN FISHEROW

ANGELA MO

BRADLEY R. O’BRIEN

United States Department of Justice

FOR PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY

January 8, 2010 /s/Matthew A. Fogelson 

Date MATTHEW A. FOGELSON

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

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JOINT STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER- Civil Action No. 09-4503 SI - 4 -

[PROPOSED] ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS ORDERED that:

(1) the Initial Case Management Conference, which is currently set for 2:30 p.m. on January

22, 2010, shall be continued until 2:30 p.m. on March 26, 2010, or a date thereafter that is set by

the Court; and

(2) Defendant shall file an answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint by April 2, 2010. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Date SUSAN ILLSTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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