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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1319 Clean Water Act

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SANDI L. NICHOLS (#100403) 

VANESSA A. IMBERG (#203305) 

STOEL RIVES LLP

111 Sutter Street, Suite 700 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 617-8900 

Facsimile: (415) 676-3000 

Email: slnichols@stoel.com

vaimberg@stoel.com

JUAN M. JAYO (#71337) 

NOEL WISE (#169453) 

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY 

77 Beale Street, B30A 

San Francisco, CA 94177 

Telephone: (415) 973-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 972-5952 

Email: JMJ8@pge.com

NXW4@pge.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE, a non-profit 

corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 2:06-CV-00612-FCD-GGH 

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT; JOINT 

REQUEST TO SPECIALLY SET 

DISPOSITION DATE; AND TO 

CONTINUE MOTION TO DISMISS 

AND REPLY BRIEF DUE DATE; 

ORDER THEREON 

Judge: The Hon. Frank C. Damrell, Jr. 

Room: 2 (15th Floor) 

Date Action Filed: March 23, 2006 

TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT, ANY INTERESTED PARTIES, AND THEIR 

ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to the Local Rules of the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of California, Rule 16-160(a), the parties to the above-captioned 

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Clean Water Act citizen suit have reached a settlement. That settlement is contingent upon the 

expiration of the federal agency 45-day review period,1as well as the expiration of additional 

time (up to 120 days from the July 26, 2006 Effective Date of the Settlement Agreement) to 

resolve any issues that may be raised by any agency. The Settlement Agreement further provides 

that, in the event the parties are unable to resolve issues raised by any of the federal agencies 

required to review the agreement, then the settlement is automatically null and void. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, in accordance with federal law, no papers 

disposing of this action may be entered prior to 45 days following the receipt of the proposed 

settlement agreement by the United States Department of Justice and the national and Region IX 

office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See 40 C.F.R. § 135.5 (requiring 

the parties to provide notice to the court of the 45-day agency review period under 33 U.S.C. 

§ 1365(c)). In the event that there are any issues raised by the agencies concerning the parties’ 

settlement, the agreement provides for a 120-day review period commencing with its Effective 

Date, July 26, 2006, to allow the parties to meet and confer and, if necessary, resolve any such 

issues with the Magistrate Judge before the agreement becomes null and void. Consequently, the 

parties submit that good cause exists under Local Rule 16-160(b) to set November 23, 2006, as 

the date by which a Stipulation for Request for Dismissal or a Notice that the settlement is null 

and void, must be filed. 

Given the contingencies in the Settlement Agreement, and given the pending Motion to 

Dismiss filed by defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”), scheduled for hearing 

before this Court on August 4, 2006, the parties also jointly request the Court to continue the 

hearing and briefing schedule on the pending Motion to Dismiss,

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as allowed by Local Rule 78-

 

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 Title 33 of the United States Code Section 1365(c) provides that “[n]o consent judgment 

shall be entered in an action in which the United States is not a party prior to 45-days following 

the receipt of a copy of the proposed consent judgment by the Attorney General and the 

Administrator.” 

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PG&E filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint on May 18, 2006. The original 

hearing on PG&E’s Motion was continued by Stipulation filed on June 27, 2006, to allow for 

settlement discussions. See Court’s Minute Order issued on July 6, 2006 deferring scheduling on 

the Motion. Pursuant to the amended schedule, Plaintiff’s Opposition was due on July 21, 2006, 

Defendant’s Reply on July 28, 2006, and the hearing set for August 4, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. 

Plaintiff filed its Opposition, but the parties continued to pursue settlement and entered into a 

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230(g)), to a date after the expiration of the 120-day resolution period set forth above, and to set 

the following remaining briefing and hearing schedule on the Motion to Dismiss: 

1. Continue date for PG&E to file its Reply Brief from July 28, 2006, to December 8, 

2006, and; 

2. Continue the hearing on PG&E’s Motion to Dismiss from August 4, 2006, to 

December 15, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard by the Court. 

DATED: July 27, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF ANDREW PACKARD 

LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL L. LOZEAU 

By: 

ANDREW L. PACKARD 

MICHAEL L. LYNES 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CALIFORNIA SPORTSFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE 

DATED: July 27, 2006 STOEL RIVES LLP

By: 

SANDI L. NICHOLS 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY 

ORDER 

The Court hereby accepts the requests set forth above and adopts them as the order of this 

Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: July 31, 2006 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 FRANK C. DAMRELL JR. 

DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

 

written settlement agreement on July 26, 2006, thereby rendering the filing of the Reply Brief at 

this time unnecessary. 

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