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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1365 Environmental Matters

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Stipulation/Order To Extend Date for Court-Ordered Mediation 1 Case No. C 05-03829 MMC

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Daniel Cooper (Bar No. 153576)

Layne Friedrich (Bar No. 195431)

LAWYERS FOR CLEAN WATER, INC.

1004 O’Reilly Avenue

San Francisco, California 94129

Telephone: (415) 440-6520

Facsimile: (415) 440-4155

Email: cleanwater@sfo.com

layne@lawyersforcleanwater.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

BAYKEEPER and WEST COUNTY TOXICS COALITION

DOWNEY BRAND LLP

MELISSA A. THORME (Bar No. 151278)

NICOLE E. GRANQUIST (Bar No. 199017)

555 Capitol Mall, Tenth Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814-4686

Telephone: (916) 444-1000

Facsimile: (916) 444-2100

mthorme@downeybrand.com

ngranquist@downeybrand.com

Attorneys for Defendants

CITY OF RICHMOND, WEST COUNTY

WASTEWATER DISTRICT, VEOLIA WATER

NORTH AMERICA OPERATING SERVICES,

and WEST COUNTY AGENCY.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BAYKEEPER, a non-profit corporation, and;

WEST COUNTY TOXICS COALITION, a nonprofit organization,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF RICHMOND, a municipal corporation;

WEST COUNTY WASTEWATER DISTRICT, an

independent special district; VEOLIA WATER

NORTH AMERICA OPERATING SERVICES, a

limited liability corporation; WEST COUNTY

AGENCY, a joint powers agency,

Defendants.

Civil Case No.: C 05-03829 MMC

STIPULATION TO EXTEND DATE

FOR COURT ORDERED

MEDIATION;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

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STIPULATION

WHEREAS, on 22 September 2005 Plaintiffs Baykeeper and West County Toxics Coalition

filed a Complaint in the above captioned case in Northern District Court against Defendants City of

Richmond, West County Wastewater District, Veolia Water North America Operating Services, Inc.,

and West County Agency (Plaintiffs and Defendants are referred to as “the Parties”);

WHEREAS, the Case Management Conference in this case occurred on March 17, 2006.

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants are aware of this Court’s preference that mediation

commence within ninety (90) days of the Case Management Conference;

WHEREAS, to allow Plaintiffs to complete some initial discovery prior to mediation, and to

accommodate the multiple parties’ schedules, the Parties and the mediator have the scheduled courtsponsored mediation for 28 June 2006, or 102 days after the Case Management Conference;

THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate that the mediation may be held on 28 June 2006.

Dated: May 31, 2006 LAWYERS FOR CLEAN WATER INC.

/s/ Daniel Cooper

Daniel Cooper

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Baykeeper and

West County Toxics Coalition

Dated: May 31, 2006 DOWNEY BRAND LLP

/s/ Melissa Thorme

Melissa Thorme

Attorneys for Defendants

City of Richmond, West County Wastewater

District, Veolia Water North America Operating

Services, Inc., and West County Agency

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I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a

"conformed" signature (/S/) within this efiled document.

LAWYERS FOR CLEAN WATER INC.

/s/ Daniel Cooper

Dated: May 31, 2006

Daniel Cooper

Attorney for Plaintiffs Baykeeper and

West County Toxics Coalition

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that court-ordered mediation may occur as

scheduled by the Parties on June 28, 2006.

United States District Court Judge

Date: _________________ _______________________________

Honorable Maxine M. Chesney

United States District Court

Northern District of California

780981.1

June 1, 2006

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