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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment

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Deborah A. Sivas (Calif. Bar No. 135446) 

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL 

 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC 

Crown Quadrangle 

559 Nathan Abbott Way 

Stanford, California 94305 

Telephone: (650) 725-8571 

Facsimile: (650) 723-4426 

Neil Levine (Calif. Bar No. 163557) 

LAW OFFICES 

2539 Eliot Street 

Denver, Colorado 80211 

Telephone: (303) 455-0604 

Facsimile: (303) 484-8470 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT 

SOCIETY, DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, 

and BUTTE ENVIRONMENTAL 

COUNCIL, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY, UNITED 

STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE, and UNITED STATES ARMY 

CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 

Defendants. 

SUNRIDGE-ANATOLIA, LLC, et al., 

Defendant-Intervenors.

Case No. C 06-03604 MJJ 

JOINT STIPULATION IN RESPONSE 

TO JULY 10, 2007 ORDER 

The Hon. Martin J. Jenkins 

[First Amended Complaint Filed: 

November 15, 2006] 

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Pursuant to the Court’s July 10, 2007 Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in 

Support of Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction (“July 10 Order”), 

the parties have met and conferred regarding the status of the environmental assessments 

and other decision documents for the Douglas Road 103 and Arista del Sol projects. 

All parties have agreed to lodge this Stipulation with the Court. Plaintiffs and 

Intervenor Defendants have agreed to entry of the Stipulation as an Order. Federal 

Defendants oppose the request to enter this Stipulation as a Court Order as unnecessary 

because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is suspending the Douglas Road 103 permit 

and has agreed to notice provisions for the Arista del Sol project. 

The parties agree to the following with regard to the Douglas Road 103 and the 

Arista del Sol projects: 

1. Douglas Road 103. On June 12, 2007, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

issued a “dredge and fill” permit for the Douglas Road 103 project pursuant to Section 404 

of the Clean Water Act (Permit 199700006), as well as an Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 

(“NEPA”). The Section 404 permit for the Douglas Road 103 project shall be subject to 

the following: 

a. The force and effect of the Section 404(b) permit for the Douglas 

Road 103 project is suspended pending resolution of this matter on the merits.

b. Any further construction, groundbreaking, earthmoving, or other onthe-ground activity that may affect vernal pool habitat or endangered or threatened species, 

taken in reliance on the Section 404(b) permit for the Douglas Road 103 project, is hereby 

prohibited pending resolution of the merits of this case. The Federal Defendants will notify 

the holder of the Section 404(b) permit for the Douglas Road 103 project within forty-eight 

(48) hours of the lodging of this Stipulation and will direct the permittee immediately to 

cease and desist all construction, groundbreaking, earthmoving, or other on-the-ground 

activity in reliance on such permit. 

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2. Arista del Sol. The Section 404 permit for the Arista del Sol project has not 

yet been issued, nor has environmental review been completed for this project pursuant to 

NEPA. With respect to the Arista del Sol permit, the parties agree as follows: 

a. The Corps will provide a copy of the combined decision document, 

which includes the Environmental Assessment, Finding of No Significant Impact, and 

Statement of Findings for the project, either by written facsimile or electronic mail, to 

Plaintiffs' counsel within twenty-four (24) hours after the combined decision document is 

signed. 

b. The Corps will provide a copy of any Section 404 permit for the 

project, as well as any modifications to the combined decision document, either by written 

facsimile or electronic mail, to Plaintiffs' counsel within twenty-four (24) hours after the 

permit is signed. 

c. At least sixty (60) days in advance of any construction, 

groundbreaking, earthmoving, or other on-the-ground activity that may affect vernal pool 

habitat or endangered or threatened species at the Arista del Sol project site taken in 

reliance on the Section 404 permit, Arista del Sol will provide written facsimile or 

electronic mail notice to Plaintiffs' counsel. 

Dated: July 16, 2007 

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 

CLINIC 

By /s/ Deborah A. Sivas 

DEBORAH A. SIVAS 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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Dated: July 16, 2007 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

By /s/ Carol L. Draper 

CAROL L. DRAPER 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: July 16, 2007 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ Robert J. Uram 

ROBERT J. URAM 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors 

ARISTA DEL SOL, L.P. and SUNRIDGEANATOLIA, LLC 

Dated: July 16, 2007 

COX CASTLE & NICHOLSON LLP 

By /s/ Scott Birkey 

SCOTT BIRKEY 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors 

CP SUNRIDGE, LLC, DANVILLE LAND 

INVESTMENTS, LLC, DOUGLAS GRANTLINE 

103 INVESTORS, LLC, GRANTLINE 

INVESTORS, LLC, and CRESLEIGH HOMES 

 

Pursuant to ECF General Order 45X, I attest that Carol L. Draper, Robert J. Uram, 

and Scott Birkey have concurred in and authorized the filing of this Stipulation with this 

Court. 

 /s/ Deborah A. Sivas 

 Deborah A. Sivas 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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It is so ORDERED.

Date: ___________ _____________________________________ 

 MARTIN J. JENKINS 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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