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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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RONALD J. TENPAS, Assistant Attorney General

PAMELA S. TONGLAO, Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, DC 20026-3986

Telephone: (202) 305-0897

Facsimile: (202) 514-8865

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

CHARLES M. O’CONNOR (CA State Bar No. 56320)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Ave.

San Francisco, CA 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7180

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Attorneys for the United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ________________________________________

WEST COAST HOME BUILDERS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE USA, INC., et al.,

Defendants. ________________________________________

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No. C 04-2225-SI

STIPULATION REGARDING FILING

OF UNITED STATES’ AMENDED

ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND

COUNTERCLAIM

WHEREAS, Plaintiff West Coast Home Builders, Inc. filed this action the United States

Department of the Army, United States Defense Logistics Agency, and United States Department

of the Navy (collectively “Federal Defendants”) on June 7, 2004, pursuant to sections 107 and

113 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

(“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9607 and 9613.

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint in this action on December 14,

2004 (docket no. 10).

WHEREAS, the Federal Defendants, filed an answer to the amended complaint on

August 15, 2005 (docket no. 31).

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CV 04-2225 SI 2

WHEREAS, pursuant to this Court’s directive issued at the status conference in this

action on October 19, 2007, all motions or stipulations to the amendment of pleadings must be

filed no later than February 1, 2008.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree to the filing of an amended answer by the

Federal Defendants that asserts a counterclaim for contribution under CERCLA. Such

counterclaim would permit the Court to allocate response costs in the Plaintiffs’ second amended

complaint among liable parties using such equitable factors as the Court determines are

appropriate, under 42 U.S.C. § 9613(f)(1), and grant appropriate declaratory relief under 42

U.S.C. § 9613(g)(2) and 28 U.S.C. § 2201.

For the Plaintiffs

Dated: February 1, 2008 Lee A. Archer

Peter W. McGaw

s/ John L. Kortum

John L. Kortum

ARCHER NORRIS

2033 North Main Street, Suite 800

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Tel: (925) 930-6600

For the Federal Defendants

Dated: February 1, 2008 RONALD J. TENPAS

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources

 Division

 s/Pamela S. Tonglao

Pamela S. Tonglao, Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, D.C. 20026-3986

(202) 305-0897

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

CHARLES M. O’CONNOR (CA Bar No. 56320)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Ave.

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CV 04-2225 SI

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 436-7180

For Defendants Aventis Cropscience USA et al.

Dated: February 1, 2008 s/ Clifton J. McFarland

Clifton J. McFarland

Sophia B. Strong

DOWNEY BRAND LLP

555 Capitol Mall, Tenth Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814-4686

Tel: (916) 444-1000

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

HON. SUSAN ILLSTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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CV 04-2225 SI 4

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on February 1, 2008, I filed the foregoing document using the ECF

System, which will send notice of the filing to the following:

Lee A. Archer

Peter W. McGaw

John L. Kortum

Archer Norris

2033 North Main Street, Suite 800

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Tel: (925) 930-6600

Clifton J. McFarland

Sophia B. Strong

Downey Brand LLP

555 Capitol Mall, Tenth Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814-4686

Tel: (916) 444-1000

s/Pamela S. Tonglao

Pamela S. Tonglao

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