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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS Case No. 3:14-CV-03803-TEH 1 

Michael R. Lozeau (State Bar No. 142893) 

Richard T. Drury (State Bar No. 163559) 

Douglas J. Chermak (State Bar No. 233382) 

LOZEAU DRURY LLP 

410 12th St., Suite 250 

Oakland, CA 94607 

Tel: (510) 836-4200 

Fax: (510) 836-4205 (fax) 

E-mail: michael@lozeaudrury.com 

 richard@lozeaudrury.com 

 doug@lozeaudrury.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

RENEWED EFFORTS OF NEIGHBORS 

AGAINST LANDFILL EXPANSION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

IN AND FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RENEWED EFFORTS OF NEIGHBORS 

AGAINST LANDFILL EXPANSION, an 

unincorporated association,

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

COUNTY OF SONOMA, a political 

subdivision of the State of California; 

SONOMA COMPOST COMPANY, a 

corporation; SONOMA COUNTY WASTE 

MANAGEMENT AGENCY, a public 

agency,

 Defendants. 

Case No. 3:14-CV-03804-TEH 

STIPULATION TO DISMISS 

PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS WITH 

PREJUDICE AGAINST COUNTY OF 

SONOMA AND DEFENDANT SONOMA 

COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT 

AGENCY; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

GRANTING DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS 

WITH PREJUDICE AGAINST COUNTY 

OF SONOMA AND SONOMA COUNTY 

WASTE MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

[FRCP 41(a)(2)] 

WHEREAS, on June 17, 2014, Plaintiff Renewed Efforts of Neighbors Against Landfill 

Expansion (“RENALE”) provided Defendants County of Sonoma (“Sonoma”), Sonoma Compost 

Company (“Sonoma Compost”), and Sonoma County Waste Management Agency (“SCWMA”) 

with a Notice of Violations and Intent to File Suit (“Notice”) under Clean Water Act § 505, 33 

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TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS Case No. 3:14-CV-03803-TEH 2 

U.S.C. § 1365. 

WHEREAS, on August 21, 2014, RENALE filed its Complaint against Defendants in this 

Court, Renewed Efforts of Neighbors Against Landfill Expansion v. County of Sonoma, Sonoma 

Compost Company, and Sonoma County Waste Management Agency, Case No. 3:14-cv-03804-TEH. 

Said Complaint incorporates by reference all of the allegations contained in RENALE’s Notice.

WHEREAS, RENALE and Sonoma and SCWMA (the “settling parties”), through their 

authorized representatives and without either adjudication of RENALE’s claims or admission by 

Sonoma and SCWMA of any alleged violation or other wrongdoing, have chosen to resolve in full 

by way of settlement the allegations of RENALE as set forth in the Notice and Complaint, thereby 

avoiding the costs and uncertainties of further litigation. A copy of the Settlement Agreement and 

Mutual Release of Claims (“Settlement Agreement”) entered into by and between RENALE and 

Sonoma and SCWMA is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference. 

WHEREAS, the settling parties submitted the Settlement Agreement via certified mail, 

return receipt requested, to the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice and the 45-day review 

period set forth at 40 C.F.R. § 135.5 has completed. The federal agencies have submitted 

correspondence to the Court indicating that they have no objection to the terms of the Settlement 

Agreement. 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and agreed to by and between the 

settling parties that RENALE’s claims as to Sonoma and to SCWMA, as set forth in the Notice and 

Complaint, be dismissed with prejudice. The settling parties respectfully request an order from this 

Court dismissing such claims. In accordance with Paragraphs 2 and 21 of the Settlement Agreement, 

the settling parties also request that this Court maintain jurisdiction over the settling parties through 

the later of the 30th day after Sonoma provides written notification to RENALE pursuant to 

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Paragraph 9 (of the Settlement Agreement) of Sonoma’s written acceptance of the return by 

SCWMA to Sonoma of the Compost Facility site in clean condition or through the completion of 

any payment required by the Settlement Agreement, for the sole purpose of resolving any disputes 

between the parties with respect to enforcement of any provision of the Settlement Agreement.. 

Dated: July 20, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

 LOZEAU DRURY LLP 

 

 By: _/s/ Douglas J. Chermak________________ Douglas J. Chermak Attorneys for Plaintiff 

RENEWED EFFORTS OF NEIGHBORS AGAINST 

LANDFILL EXPANSION 

 

Dated: July 20, 2015 HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP 

By: /s/ William Um (as authorized on 7/17/15)

WILLIAM UM 

Attorneys for Defendant 

COUNTY OF SONOMA 

Dated: July 20, 2015 BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 

By: /s/ Gene Tanaka (as authorized on 7/17/15) 

GENE TANAKA 

SHAWN HAGERTY 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SONOMA COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT 

AGENCY 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Good cause appearing, and the parties having stipulated and agreed, 

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff Renewed Efforts of Neighbors Against Landfill 

Expansion’s claims against Defendant County of Sonoma and Defendant Sonoma County Waste 

Management Agency as set forth in the Notice and Complaint filed in Case No. 3:14-cv-03803-TEH, 

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are hereby dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court shall retain jurisdiction over Renewed Efforts of 

Neighbors Against Landfill Expansion, County of Sonoma, and Sonoma County Waste Management 

Agency through the later of the 30th day after County of Sonoma provides written notification to 

RENALE pursuant to Paragraph 9 (of the Settlement Agreement) of Sonoma’s written acceptance of 

the return by SCWMA to Sonoma of the Compost Facility site in clean condition or through the 

completion of any payment required by the Settlement Agreement, for the sole purpose of resolving 

any disputes between the parties with respect to enforcement of any provision of the Settlement 

Agreement, attached to the Stipulation to Dismiss as Exhibit 1, which Settlement Agreement is 

hereby incorporated by reference. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________, 2015 

 _________________________________________ 

 Hon. Thelton E. Henderson 

 United States District Judge 

07/21

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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A

Judge Thelton E. Henderson

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