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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1365 Environmental Matters

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Christopher Sproul (State Bar No. 126398)

Jodene Isaacs (State Bar No. 226895) 

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES 

5135 Anza Street 

San Francisco, California 94121 

Telephone: (415) 533-3376, (510) 847-3467 

Facsimile: (415) 358-5695 

Email: csproul@enviroadvocates.com 

Email: jisaacs@enviroadvocates.com 

William Verick (State Bar No. 140972) 

Klamath Environmental Law Center 

Fredric Evenson (State Bar No. 198059) 

Law Offices of Fredric Evenson 

424 First Street 

Eureka, California 95501 

Telephone: (707) 268-8900 

Facsimile: (707) 268-8901 

Email: wverick@igc.org, ecorights@earthlink.net 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION, 

 Plaintiff, 

v.

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.

 Defendant.

Civil No. 4:09-CV-03704-SBA 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF 

LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT 

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STIPULATION

WHEREAS, on September 13, 2009, Plaintiff Ecological Rights Foundation filed its First 

Amended Complaint for Declaratory Relief and Civil Penalties (“First Amended Complaint”) 

asserting claims against Defendant Pacific Gas & Electric Company (“PG&E”) under the Clean 

Water Act (“CWA”), CWA section 505(a)(1), 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a)(1), and the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), RCRA section 7002(a)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C. § 6972 

(a)(1)(B); 

WHEREAS, on January 10, 2010, Plaintiff served a supplemental Notice of Violations of 

Federal Law and Notice of Intent to Begin Citizen Enforcement Action (“Supplemental Notice 

Letter”) on PG&E, Pacific Bell Telephone Company (“Pacbell”), the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, relevant State agencies, and others, as required by the notice provisions of the CWA and 

RCRA. See CWA section 505(b), 33 U.S.C. § 1365(b); RCRA section 7002(b)(2)(A), 42 U.S.C. 

6972 (b)(2)(A); 

WHEREAS, the Supplemental Notice Letter provided notice of Plaintiff’s intent to assert 

claims against Pacbell under the CWA and RCRA after the expiration of the applicable 90-day 

waiting period; 

WHEREAS, the 90-day waiting period has now expired; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and PG&E have agreed that Plaintiff should be granted leave to file a 

Second Amended Complaint to add claims against Pacbell under the CWA and RCRA; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby stipulate, by and through counsel, that: 

1. Plaintiff should be granted leave to amend to file the Second Amended 

Complaint; 

2. PG&E will not be obligated to file an Answer or otherwise plead to the First 

Amended Complaint; 

3. PG&E’s Answer or other responsive pleading to the Second Amended 

Complaint will be due on the date that Pacbell’s Answer or other responsive pleading is due; 

4. Pacbell’s Answer or other responsive pleading to the Second Amended 

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Complaint will be due in accordance with the schedule established by the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure. 

Dated: May 28, 2010 

 /s/ Bradley Rochlen 

 Bradley S. Rochlen 

 Foley & Lardner LLP 

 321 North Clark Street, Ste. 2800 

 Chicago, IL 60654 

 (312) 832.4906 

 brochlen@foley.com 

 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT 

 PG&E 

 

 

 _________________________ 

 Christopher Sproul 

 Environmental Advocates 

 5135 Anza Street 

 San Francisco, CA 94121 

 (415) 386-6709 

 csproul@enviroadvocates.com 

 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 

 ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS 

 FOUNDATION 

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ORDER

Plaintiff is granted leave to file the Second Amended Complaint, will be deemed filed on the 

date it is lodged with the Court which shall be filed within five days of the date this Order is filed. 

PG&E will not be obligated to file an Answer or otherwise plead to the First Amended Complaint. 

PG&E’s Answer or other responsive pleading to the Second Amended Complaint will be due on the 

date that Pacific Bell Telephone Company’s (“Pacbell”) Answer or other responsive pleading is due. 

Pacbell’s Answer or other responsive pleading to the Second Amended Complaint will be due in 

accordance with the schedule established by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

The telephonic Case Management Conference currently scheduled for July 15, 2010 is

CONTINUED to September 15, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. The parties shall meet and confer prior to the 

conference and shall prepare a joint Case Management Conference Statement which shall be filed 

no later than ten (10) days prior to the Case Management Conference that complies with the 

Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of California and the Standing Order of this 

Court. Plaintiff shall be responsible for filing the statement as well as for arranging the conference 

call. All parties shall be on the line and shall call (510) 637-3559 at the above indicated date and 

time. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 6/21/10 ____________________________ 

 SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

 United States District Judge 

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