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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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IGNACIA S. MORENO 

Assistant Attorney General 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

LESLIE M. HILL 

MICHELLE R. LAMBERT 

NORMAN RAVE 

Trial Attorneys 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

Environmental Defense Section 

P.O. Box 23986 

Washington, DC 20044-3986 

Telephone: (202) 514-0375 

Facsimile: (202) 514-8865 

E-mail: leslie.hill@usdoj.gov; 

 michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CHRISTIANA TIEDEMANN (Cal. Bar No. 105299) 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

TARA L. MUELLER (Cal. Bar No. 161536) 

Deputy Attorney General 

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor 

P. O. Box 70550 

Oakland, CA 94612-0550 

Telephone: (510) 622-2136 (Mueller) 

(510) 622-2218 (Tiedemann) 

Fax: (510) 622-2270 

 

Attorneys for the California Regional Water 

Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 

[Additional Counsel on Signature Page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ARC ECOLOGY, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, and 

CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER 

QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, 

 v. 

UNITED STATES MARITIME 

ADMINISTRATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:07-cv-2320-GEB-KJN 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

CONTINUANCE OF PRETRIAL 

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 The parties to the above captioned litigation stipulate to and respectfully propose the 

following:

 WHEREAS trial is currently set for June 8, 2010; 

 WHEREAS to allow for continued efforts to resolve this litigation, on December 23, 

2009 the parties moved to continue the trial, (Dkt. 109 and 109.3), and on December 29, 2009 

the Court entered an order continuing the trial until June 8, 2010 and the final pre-trial 

conference until March 15, 2010 and requiring the final joint pretrial statement to be filed seven 

days before the pre-trial conference (Dkt. 112); 

 WHEREAS the parties have engaged in lengthy settlement discussions and have reached 

a tentative settlement subject to management and client approval, but have not yet completed the 

formal management or client approval process; 

 WHEREAS the record snow storms in the Washington, D.C. area and resulting 

government closures have delayed the Federal defendants' work on the settlement documents and 

completion of the management review approval process; 

 WHEREAS the parties expect to complete the management review and approval process 

by the end of March, but the current pre-trial schedule would require the parties to cease work on 

settlement approval and prepare their joint pre-trial statement by March 8, 2010; and 

 WHEREAS accordingly, in an effort to conserve judicial time and resources, the parties 

jointly request that the Court continue the pretrial conference presently set for March 15, 2010 to 

April 12, 2010, during which time the parties expect to complete the parties' settlement approval 

processes; and 

THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate as follows: 

The parties request that the Court continue the Final Pretrial Conference, currently 

scheduled for March 15, 2010, until April 12, 2010, or as soon thereafter as may be 

convenient for the Court. 

// 

For the Federal Defendants: 

IGNACIA S. MORENO 

Assistant Attorney General 

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Environment & Natural Resources Division 

February 23, 2010 By: /s/ Michelle R. Lambert LESLIE M. HILL 

MICHELLE R. LAMBERT 

Trial Attorneys 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

Environmental Defense Section 

P.O. Box 23986 

Washington, DC 20026-3986 

Telephone: (202) 616-7501 

Facsimile: (202) 514-8865 

For Plaintiff-Intervenor:

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. 

Attorney General of the State of California 

February 23, 2010 By: /s/ Christiana Tiedemann (as authorized 2/22/10) 

CHRISTIANA TIEDEMANN (Cal. Bar No. 105299) 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

TARA L. MUELLER (Cal. Bar No. 161536) 

Deputy Attorney General 

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor 

P. O. Box 70550 

Oakland, CA 94612-0550 

Telephone: (510) 622-2136 (Mueller) 

(510) 622-2218 (Tiedemann) 

Fax: (510) 622-2270 

Attorneys for the California Regional Water 

Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 

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For Environmental Plaintiffs: 

February 23, 2010 By: /s/ Michael E. Wall (as authorized 2/22/10) . MICHAEL E. WALL (Cal. Bar No. 170238) 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL 

111 Sutter Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Tel.: (415) 875-6100; Fax: (415) 875-6161 

E-mail: mwall@nrdc.org 

THOMAS CMAR (admitted pro hac vice) 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL 

2 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2250 

Chicago, IL 60606-9997 

Tel.: (312) 651-7906; Fax: (312) 651-7919 

E-mail: tcmar@nrdc.org 

SCOTT ALLEN (Cal. Bar No. 178925) 

LARIVIERE, GRUBMAN & PAYNE 

19 Upper Ragsdale Drive, Suite 200 

Monterey, CA 93940 

Tel.: (831) 649-7531; Fax: (831) 649-8835 

Email: sallen@lgpatlaw.com 

DAVID A. NICHOLAS (admitted pro hac vice) 

20 Whitney Road 

Newton, MA 02460 

Tel.: (617) 964-1548; Fax: (617) 663-6233 

E-mail: dnicholas@verizon.net 

Attorneys for plaintiffs Arc Ecology, San Francisco 

Baykeeper, and Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 

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ORDER

The Final Pretrial Conference is rescheduled for April 12, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. A joint pretrial 

statement is to be filed seven days prior to the hearing. 

 It is so ORDERED. 

Date: 2/24/10 

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