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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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SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE

Assistant Attorney General

PAMELA S. TONGLAO, Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington DC 200026-3986

Telephone: (202) 305-0897

 

MCGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

EDMUND BRENNAN

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, 10th floor

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2700

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO OFFICE

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Civil Action No. 2:05-CV-02205-LKK-PAN

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Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION AND ORDER 

) TO TERMINATE CONSENT DECREE

v. ) AND DISMISS ACTION

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CALIFORNIA OLIVE RANCH, INC., )

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Defendant. )

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Plaintiff, the United States of America, on behalf the United States Environmental

Protection Agency (“EPA”), and Defendant, California Olive Ranch, Inc., hereby stipulate to

terminate the Consent Decree between the parties in this case pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 41(a)(2) and Paragraphs 42 and 43 of the Consent Decree and to dismiss the aboveentitled action. In support of this stipulation, the parties state as follows:

1. On January 9, 2006, this Court entered the Consent Decree, which fully and

completely resolved all claims alleged in this Clean Water Act (“CWA”) enforcement action

against the California Olive Ranch. 

2. Specifically, the United States alleged in its Complaint that Defendant California

Olive Ranch (1) discharged dredged or fill material into waters of the United States without

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 authorization by a CWA Section 404 permit issued by the Corps of Engineers of the United

States Department of the Army, and (2) failed to comply with the requirement of an

Administrative Order On Consent, issued by EPA, directing California Olive Ranch to acquire or

dedicate a conservation easement over a separate parcel of land, at least 40 acres in size and

containing not less than five percent density of vernal pools and/or vernal swales that constitute

habitat for listed vernal pool crustacean species. See Compl., ¶¶ 34-42. 

3. The Consent Decree required Defendant California Olive Ranch to (1) pay a civil

penalty to the United States in the amount of Seventy Thousand Dollars within 30 days of entry

of this consent decree, and (2) certify that it purchased three mitigation credits at the Dove Ridge

Conservation Bank. See Consent Decree, ¶¶ 12, 16. 

4. Defendant California Olive Ranch fulfilled all requirements of the Consent

Decree in a timely manner and, therefore, all claims alleged by Plaintiff have been fully resolved.

WHEREFORE, the parties stipulate to the termination of the Consent Decree in this case

between the United States and California Olive Ranch, and to the dismissal of this action. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: March 3, 2006 s/ Pamela S.Tonglao 

PAMELA S. TONGLAO

United States Department of Justice 

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, D.C. 20026-3986

Tel: (202) 305-0897

Fax : (202) 514-8865

MCGREGOR W. SCOTT

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

Eastern District of California

EDMUND BRENNAN

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, 10th floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 554-2700

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States

Dated: March 3, 2006 s/ George T. Kammerer 

GEORGE T. KAMMERER

Hefner, Stark & Marois, LLP

2150 River Plaza Drive, Suite 450

Sacramento, CA 95833-4136

Tel: (916) 567-7312

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Fax: (916) 925-1127

Attorneys for Defendant California Olive Ranch

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 10, 2006. /s/Lawrence K. Karlton

Lawrence K. Karlton

Senior Judge

United States District Court

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