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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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Stipulation To Amend Answers Of Defendant Catherine E. Witherspoon & Intervenor-Defendant SCAQMD 1

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Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General of the State of California 

Mary E. Hackenbracht, Sr. Asst. Attorney General 

Linda Berg, Deputy Attorney General, CA Bar. # 194667 

Nicholas Stern, Deputy Attorney General, CA Bar # 148308 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 323-3840 

Facsimile: (916) 327-2319 

Email: Nicholas.Stern@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Catherine E. Witherspoon 

Kurt R. Wiese, District Counsel, CA Bar #127251 

Barbara Baird, Principal Deputy District Counsel, CA Bar #81507 

Michael Harris, Sr. Deputy District Counsel, CA Bar #179544 

SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 

21865 E. Copley Drive 

Diamond Bar, CA 91765-0940 

Telephone: (909) 396-3535 

Facsimile: (909) 396-2961 

Email: bbaird@aqmd.gov

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor 

South Coast Air Quality Management District 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA -- SACRAMENTO 

PACIFIC MERCHANT SHIPPING 

ASSOCIATION, a California Mutual Benefit 

Corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

CATHERINE E. WITHERSPOON, in her 

official capacity as Executive Officer of the 

California Air Resources Board, 

 

 Defendant, 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, INC., COALITION FOR CLEAN 

AIR, INC., SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY 

MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, and CITY OF 

LONG BEACH, 

Defendants-Intervenors. 

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Civ No. 2:06-CV-02791-WBS-KJM 

STIPULATION TO AMEND ANSWERS 

OF DEFENDANT CATHERINE E. 

WITHERSPOON AND DEFENDANTINTERVENOR SOUTH COAST AIR 

QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT; 

PROPOSED ORDER 

Pretrial Conference: August 11, 2008 

Trial Date: October 7, 2008 

Judge: Hon. William B. Shubb

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Stipulation To Amend Answers Of Defendant Catherine E. Witherspoon & Intervenor-Defendant SCAQMD 2

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TO THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Pacific Merchant Shipping 

Association, Defendant Catherine E. Witherspoon, and Defendant-Intervenor South Coast Air 

Quality Management District (“SCAQMD”), through their counsel of record, that: 

1. Pursuant to Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which provides 

that ''a party may amend the party's pleading only by leave of court or by written consent of the 

adverse party,” Defendant Witherspoon and Intervenor-Defendant SCAQMD may file Amended 

Answers in this action (a copy of the proposed First Amended Answer of Defendant Witherspoon 

is attached hereto as Exhibit A; a copy of the First Amended Answer of Defendant-Intervenor 

SCAQMD is attached hereto as Exhibit B); 

2. The proposed Amended Answer of Defendant Witherspoon differs from the 

original Answer only in one respect: where Paragraph 12, Section V, Response to First Claim for 

Relief, read, “Defendant admits the allegations in Paragraph 12,” the First Amended Answer now 

reads: 

To the extent that the first sentence of Paragraph 12 seeks a legal conclusion, no 

response is necessary in that the regulations speak for themselves. However, to 

the extent a response is necessary, Defendant denies the allegations in the first 

sentence of Paragraph 12. Defendant admits the allegations in the second sentence 

of Paragraph 12; 

3. Similarly, the proposed Amended Answer of Intervenor-Defendant SCAQMD 

differs from the original Answer only in one respect: where Paragraph 12, Section V, Response to 

First Claim for Relief, read, “Intervenor admits the allegations contained in Paragraph 12,” the 

SCAQMD’s First Amended Answer now reads: 

To the extent that the first sentence of Paragraph 12 seeks a legal conclusion, no 

response is necessary in that the regulations speak for themselves. However, 

Intervenor generally denies that legally “both regulations establish standards relating 

to the emission of diesel particulate matter (PM), sulfur oxides (SOx), and nitrogen 

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oxides (NOx) from diesel auxiliary and diesel electric engines of ocean going 

vessels, including U.S. and foreign-flag ships that operate within twenty-four 

nautical miles of the base low water line along the California coast.” Intervenor 

admits the allegations contained in the second sentence of Paragraph 12; 

4. These proposed amendments were due to an oversight by the attorneys of 

record for Defendant Witherspoon and the SCAQMD. Paragraph 12 of the Complaint 

contains a conclusion regarding the legal effect of the two regulations promulgated by the 

California Air Resources Board that are at issue in this case. The Defendants are not 

required to deny or admit to any legal conclusion in the Complaint, and in any event 

mistakenly admitted to the statement; 

5. There is no bad faith or dilatory motive associated with these amendments, 

and granting of this stipulation will not result in any delay of these proceedings; 

6. The First Amended Answers shall be deemed filed upon the issuance of the 

proposed Order set out below; 

7. The Plaintiffs waive service and notice of the First Amended Answers. 

Dated: June 1, 2007 By: /s/ Michael Harris 

Kurt R. Wiese 

District Counsel 

Barbara B. Baird 

Principal Deputy District Counsel 

Michael Harris 

Sr. deputy District Counsel 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor 

SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY 

MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 

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Dated: June 1, 2007 Edmund G. Brown Jr. 

Attorney General of the State of 

California 

By: /s/ Nicholas Stern (as authorized on 6/01/07) 

Nicholas Stern 

Linda Berg 

Deputy Attorneys General 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CATHERINE E. WITHERSPOON 

Dated: June 1, 2007 FLYNN, DELICH & WISE LLP 

By: /s/ Erich P. Wise (as authorized on 6/01/07 

Erich P. Wise 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PACIFIC MERCHANT SHIPPING 

ASSOCIATION 

ORDER

Based on the foregoing Stipulation, IT IS ORDERED that: 

1. Defendant Catherine E. Witherspoon and Inervenor-Defendant South Coast Air 

Quality Management District may file First Amended Answers in the form attached as Exhibit A 

and Exhibit B, respectively. 

2. The First Amended Answers shall be deemed filed as of the date of the issuance of 

this order. 

3. The Plaintiff has waived service and notice of the First Amended Complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 4, 2007 

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