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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:4332 Environmental Policy - Coop of Agency Reports

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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GREGORY K. WILKINSON, Bar No. 054809

ROBERT SAWYER, Bar No. 067417 

ANTHONY J. VAN RUITEN, Bar No. 256087 

BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1650 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 325-4000 

Facsimile: (919) 325-4010 

E-Mail: Gregory.Wilkinson@bbklaw.com 

E-Mail: Robert.Sawyer@bbklaw.com 

E-Mail: Anthony.Vanruiten@bbklaw.com 

Attorneys for Friant Defendants, Defendant-Intervenor 

Friant Water Users Authority and Proposed Substituted 

Defendant-Intervenor Friant Water Authority 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, INC., et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

KIRK RODGERS, a Regional Director of 

the UNITED STATES BUREAU OF 

RECLAMATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. S-88-1658-LKK/GGH 

Judge: Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

SUBSTITUTING PARTY 

[Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(c)] 

ORANGE COVE IRRIGATION 

DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants-Intervenors. 

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INTRODUCTION

WHEREAS, proposed substituted Defendant-Intervenor Friant Water Authority (“FWA”), 

proposed to be substituted for Defendant-Intervenor Friant Water Users Authority (“FWUA”), 

represents that it is a California Joint Powers Authority created pursuant to the California Joint 

Exercise of Powers Act (California Gov. Code §§ 6500 et seq.); 

WHEREAS, FWUA and FWA each represent and warrant to the Court, Plaintiffs, Federal 

Defendants and the Friant Defendants that their powers pursuant to their respective joint powers 

agreements are substantially similar; that their respective memberships are at this time identical; 

and that FWA’s membership includes, but is not limited to, the following irrigation and water 

districts, each and every one of which is also at this time a member of FWUA, and each and every 

one of which is presently a party in the within action and defined as a “Friant Party” in Definition 

(g) at Page 3 of the parties’ Stipulation of Settlement, approved by the court’s order entered 

herein on October 23, 2006 (Doc. #1376) (“Stipulation of Settlement”): Arvin-Edison Water 

Storage District, Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District, Exeter Irrigation District, Ivanhoe Irrigation 

District, Lindmore Irrigation District, Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District, Madera Irrigation 

District, Orange Cove Irrigation District, Porterville Irrigation District, Saucelito Irrigation 

District, Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, Stone Corral Irrigation District, Tea Pot Dome Water 

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, Terra Bella Irrigation District, and Tulare Irrigation District; 

WHEREAS, FWUA and FWA additionally each represent and warrant to the Court, 

Plaintiffs, Federal Defendants and the Friant Defendants that Fresno Irrigation District and Lower 

Tule River Irrigation District, each of which is named among the “Friant Division long-term 

contractors” in Definition (e) at Page 2 of the aforementioned Stipulation of Settlement, is each a 

member of both FWA and FWUA; 

WHEREAS, FWUA and FWA additionally each represent and warrant to the Court, 

Plaintiffs, Federal Defendants and the Friant Defendants that Defendants and Intervenors 

 

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 . In certain documents in this matter, including the Stipulation of Settlement, Defendant-Intervenor Tea Pot Dome 

Water District is referred to as “Teapot Dome Water District.” The correct name of the agency is Tea Pot Dome 

Water District, and all parties hereto agree that Tea Pot Dome Water District and “Teapot Dome Water District” are 

one and the same entity. 

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Chowchilla Water District and Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District were members of 

FWUA at the time of entry of the aforementioned Stipulation of Settlement and that neither is 

presently a member of either FWA or FWUA; however, each joins with all other parties in 

stipulating to the substitution proposed herein; and, 

WHEREAS, under Paragraph 40 of the Stipulation of Settlement, the Stipulation of 

Settlement is binding upon all successors and assigns of FWUA: 

STIPULATION

THEREFORE, FWUA and FWA represent and between themselves stipulate that FWA 

has assumed all activities, functions, resources, contracts, obligations, and debts of FWUA, 

including but not limited to all rights, benefits, responsibilities and obligations arising from the 

within matter, and more particularly has agreed to be bound by all terms and conditions of the 

aforementioned Stipulation of Settlement and the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act 

(P.L. 111-11). Furthermore, the Chairman of each such Board and the General 

Manager/Consulting General Manager of each of FWA and FWUA, either acting alone on behalf 

of his respective entity, is authorized to execute all documents related thereto; and 

FURTHER, based on the foregoing representations and warranties, which are 

incorporated here, all parties herein, by and through their respective attorneys of record, stipulate 

and agree as follows: 

1. Upon entry of an Order approving this Stipulation; 

a. FWUA shall no longer be a party to the within action; 

b. FWA shall be substituted as a party in the within action in the place and 

stead of FWUA, and shall be bound by all proceedings and Orders issued 

herein, including but not limited to the Order approving Stipulation of 

Settlement (Doc. # 1376); 

c. FWA shall be subject to the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act 

(P.L. 111-11) as if it were a party to the Stipulation of Settlement at the 

time the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act was enacted into 

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law and be bound by all actions taken to implement the Settlement to date; 

and, 

d. FWA hereby acknowledges actual notice of the within action and all files 

herein, subjects itself to the jurisdiction of this court in the within action, 

and agrees to accept notice and service of process by and through its 

attorneys of record herein. 

2. This substitution of FWA in place of FWUA is made pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 25(c); 

3. This Stipulation may be executed in counterparts, including multiple signature 

pages and signature pages executed and transmitted electronically, all electronically executed 

copies shall be deemed originals for all purposes, and all executed counterparts shall be deemed a 

single document for all purposes; and, 

4. The parties agree upon the entry of, and respectfully request of the court that it 

enter herein in the form attached and incorporated herein, its Order approving this Stipulation. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: July 20, 2010 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, 

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP 

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 

By /S/ Hamilton Candee 

Hamilton Candee 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. 

DATED: July 16, 2010 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION, ENVIRONMENT & 

NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 

By /S/ Stephen M. Macfarlane 

David B. Glazer 

Stephen M. Macfarlane 

Attorneys for Defendants 

KIRK RODGERS, et al. 

DATED: July 14, 2010 

By /S/ Ronald D. Jacobsma 

Ronald D. Jacobsma 

Consulting General Manager, Friant Water Users Authority 

General Manager, Friant Water Authority 

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DATED: July 19, 2010 

DOOLEY HERR PELTZER & RICHARDSON, LLP 

By /S/ Alex M. Peltzer 

Alex M. Peltzer 

Attorneys for Defendants-Intervenors, 

Porterville Irrigation District, Stone Corral Irrigation District, 

Tea Pot Dome Water District, and Tulare Irrigation District 

DATED: July 15, 2010 

SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN 

By /S/ Jacqueline McDonald Jacqueline McDonald 

Attorneys for Defendants-Intervenors, 

Saucelito Irrigation District 

DATED: July 13, 2010 

 MINASIAN, SPRUANCE, MEITH, SOARES & SEXTON, LLP 

By /S/ Jeffrey A. Meith 

Jeffrey A. Meith 

Attorneys for Defendants-Intervenors, 

Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District, Exeter Irrigation 

District, Ivanhoe Irrigation District, Lindmore 

Irrigation District, Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation 

District, Orange Cove Irrigation District, and Terra Bella 

Irrigation District 

DATED: July 17, 2010 

YOUNG WOOLDRIDGE, LLP 

By /S/ Ernest A. Conant Ernest A. Conant 

Attorneys for Defendants-Intervenors, 

Arvin-Edison Water Storage District, Shafter-Wasco 

Irrigation District, and Southern San Joaquin 

Municipal Utility District 

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DATED: July 30, 2010 

STAMMER, MCNIGHT, BARNUM & BAILEY LLP 

By /S/ Bruce J. Berger 

Bruce J. Berger 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor, 

Chowchilla Water District 

DATED: July 16, 2010 

STOEL RIVES, LLP 

By /S/ Michael A. Campos 

Michael A. Campos 

Attorneys for the Defendant-Intervenor, 

Madera Irrigation District 

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ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefore: 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing Stipulation be and hereby is approved. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 25(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, Friant Water Authority is hereby substituted in the place and stead of Friant Water 

Users Authority. 

Dated: August 4, 2010 

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