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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order for Intervention of Ramirez 

Water District 

SCOTT A. MORRIS, State Bar No. 172071 

HANSPETER WALTER, State Bar No. 244847 

KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 

A Professional Corporation 

400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4416 

Telephone: (916) 321-4500 

Facsimile: (916) 321-4555 

Attorneys for Proposed Intervenor 

RAMIREZ WATER DISTRICT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS 

LEAGUE, a non-profit corporation, and 

FRIENDS OF THE RIVER, a non-profit 

corporation, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES 

SERVICE, CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, as 

Secretary of Commerce, RODNEY 

McINNIS, as Regional Administrator of the 

National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest 

Region, UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS 

OF ENGINEERS, PETE GEREN, as Acting 

Secretary of the Army, COLONEL 

RONALD L. LIGHT, as District Engineer, 

Sacramento District, and YUBA COUNTY 

WATER AGENCY, 

 Defendants. 

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DRY CREEK MUTUAL WATER 

COMPANY, BROPHY WATER 

DISTRICT, HALLWOOD IRRIGATION 

COMPANY, and CORDUA IRRIGATION 

DISTRICT 

 Defendant – Intervenor 

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CASE NO. 2:06-CV-02845 LKK-JFM

STIPULATION FOR 

INTERVENTION AND ORDER 

GRANTING INTERVENTION 

OF RAMIREZ WATER 

DISTRICT 

COURTROOM: 4 

JUDGE: Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton 

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order for Intervention of Ramirez 

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STIPULATION FOR INTERVENTION OF RAMIREZ WATER DISTRICT 

WHEREAS, Ramirez Water District requests to intervene in this case as 

Intervenor/Defendant, and further stipulates that such intervention be limited to the remedial 

aspects of the case, and for the purposes of participating in any related settlement proceedings. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs South Yuba River Citizens League and Friends of the River, 

Defendant Yuba County Water Agency (“YCWA”), and existing Defendant-Intervenors Dry 

Creek Mutual Water Company, Brophy Water District, Hallwood Irrigation Company, and 

Cordua Irrigation District agree that Ramirez Water District should be granted such limited 

intervention in this case. 

WHEREAS counsel for the Federal Defendants National Marine Fisheries Service, Carlos 

M. Gutierrez, in his capacity as Secretary of Commerce, Rodney McInnis, in his capacity as 

Regional Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region, United 

States Army Corps of Engineers (“ACOE”), Pete Geren, in his official capacity as Acting 

Secretary of the Army, Colonel Ronald L. Light, in his official capacity ACOE District Engineer, 

Sacramento District (collectively “Federal Defendants”), has advised Ramirez’s counsel that 

Federal Defendants would take no position on Ramirez’s intervention pursuant to this stipulation 

and proposed order. 

NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated by and between Ramirez Water District and 

Plaintiffs South Yuba River Citizens League and Friends of the River, and Defendant YCWA and 

Intervenors Dry Creek Mutual Water Company, Brophy Water District, Hallwood Irrigation 

Company, and Cordua Irrigation District through their respective counsel, as follows: 

1. Ramirez Water District shall be granted intervention in this action, but with such 

intervention limited to any remedial aspects of the litigation. This limited intervention shall 

include the right to fully participate in any remedy phase of this case, or fully participate in any 

other remedial aspects of the case that could impact or otherwise affect Ramirez’s rights under 

their existing water service agreements with YCWA and Cordua Irrigation District. 

2. Ramirez Water District shall have the opportunity to fully participate in any court 

proceedings related to approval or implementation of any settlement of this case, at any time 

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during this case. 

3. Ramirez Water District shall be permitted to promptly file their answer in 

intervention to the Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint in this action. 

Dated: October 4, 2007 

Respectfully submitted, 

KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 

A Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Haspeter Walter

Hanspeter Walter 

Attorneys for Proposed Intervenor 

RAMIREZ WATER DISTRICT 

DATED: October 3, 2007 By /s/ Megan M. Anderson 

Megan M. Anderson 

Attorney at Law 

19556 Burning Bush Road 

Nevada City, CA 95959 

Telephone: (530) 277-5758 

Facsimile: (415) 358-5695 

mandersonlaw@gmail.com 

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES 

Christopher A. Sproul 

Environmental Advocates 

5315 Anza Street 

San Francisco, CA 94121 

Telephone: (415) 533-3376 

Facsimile: (415) 358-5695 

csproul@enviroadvocates.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS LEAGUE and 

FRIENDS OF THE RIVER 

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order for Intervention of Ramirez 

Water District 

REMY, THOMAS, MOOSE AND MANLEY, LLP 

DATED: October 3, 2007 By /s/ Whitman F. Manley

Whitman F. Manley 

455 Capitol Mall, Suite 210 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telehone: (916) 443-2745 

Facsimile: (916) 443-9017 

wmanley@rtmmlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

YUBA COUNTY WATER AGENCY 

SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN 

A Professional Corporation 

DATED: October 4, 2007 By /s/ Andrew M. Hitchings

Andrew M. Hitchings 

813 Sixth Street, Third Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95818 

Telephone: (916) 446-7979 x 322 

Facsimile: (916) 446-8199 

ahitchings@lawssd.com 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors 

BROPHY WATER DISTRICT, HALLWOOD 

IRRIGATION COMPANY, and DRY CREEK 

MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 

MINASIAN SPRUANCE MEITH SOARES AND SEXTON 

DATED: October 4, 2007 By /s/ Dustin C. Cooper

Dustin C. Cooper 

1681 Bird Street 

Oroville, CA 95965-1679 

Telephone: (530) 533-2885 

pminasian@minasianlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor 

CORDUA IRRIGATION DISTRICT 

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ORDER 

The Court, having read and considered the foregoing stipulation, and good cause 

appearing, hereby ORDERS: 

1. Ramirez Water District shall be granted intervention in this action, but with such 

intervention limited to any remedial aspects of the litigation. This limited 

intervention shall include the right to fully participate in any remedy phase of this 

case, or fully participate in any other remedial aspects of the case that could impact 

or otherwise affect Ramirez’s rights under their existing water service agreements 

with YCWA and Cordua Irrigation District. 

2. Ramirez Water District shall have the opportunity to fully participate in any court 

proceedings related to approval or implementation of any settlement of this case, at 

any time during this case. 

3. Ramirez Water District shall be permitted to promptly file their answer in 

intervention to the Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint in this action. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 15, 2007. 

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