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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT DECREE AND VACATE

HEARING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; [PROPOSED] ORDER (2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

SARAH E. MORRISON, State Bar No. 143459

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

LAURA ZUCKERMAN (Counsel for service) 

State Bar No. 161896

DENNIS L. BECK, JR., State Bar No. 179492

Deputy Attorneys General

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 622-2174

Fax: (510) 622-2270

E-mail: Laura.Zuckerman@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiffs California 

Department of Toxic Substances Control and Toxic 

Substances Control Account

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC

SUBSTANCES CONTROL and the TOXIC 

SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACCOUNT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JIM DOBBAS, INC., a California 

corporation; CONTINENTAL RAIL, INC., 

a Delaware corporation; DAVID VAN 

OVER, individually; PACIFIC WOOD 

PRESERVING, a dissolved California 

corporation; WEST COAST WOOD 

PRESERVING, LLC., a Nevada limited 

liability company; and COLLINS & 

AIKMAN PRODUCTS, LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company,

Defendants.

2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB

STIPULATION BY PLAINTIFFS AND 

DEFENDANT WEST COAST WOOD 

PRESERVING, LLC TO CONTINUE 

HEARING ON MOTION TO APPROVE 

CONSENT DECREE BETWEEN 

PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANT WEST 

COAST WOOD PRESERVING, LLC 

AND VACATE HEARING ON

DEFENDANT WEST COAST WOOD 

PRESERVING, LLC’S MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

Judge: William B. Shubb

Trial: January 4, 2017

Action Filed: March 3, 2014

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS AND 

CROSS-CLAIMS

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT DECREE AND VACATE

HEARING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; [PROPOSED] ORDER (2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB)

STIPULATION

WHEREAS Plaintiffs California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Toxic 

Substances Control Account (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a Complaint in the above-captioned 

action on March 3, 2014 (ECF No. 1), and filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on 

December 11, 2014 (ECF No. 77).

WHEREAS Defendant West Coast Wood Preserving, LLC (“WCWP”) filed an Answer to 

the Complaint on June 10, 2014 (ECF No. 22), and an Answer to the FAC on January 5, 2014

(ECF No. 89).

WHEREAS WCWP filed a Motion for Summary Judgment (“Motion for Summary 

Judgment”) on December 15, 2014 (ECF No. 79), and a hearing on that Motion for Summary 

Judgment (“Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment”) was initially set for January 26, 2015.

WHEREAS the Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment was continued to February 9, 

2015 (ECF No. 88), March 9, 2015 (ECF No. 97), and April 6, 2015 (ECF No. 119).

WHEREAS Plaintiffs and WCWP (collectively “the Parties”) participated in a confidential 

mediation on March 3, 2015, and subsequently informed the Court on March 5, 2015, that a 

settlement in principle had been reached between the Parties. In light of the settlement in 

principle, the Parties requested that the Court set a hearing date of July 13, 2015, for a hearing on 

a Motion to Approve the Consent Decree between the Parties (“Hearing on Motion to Approve 

the Consent Decree”) and to continue the Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment until ten 

days thereafter. The Parties stipulated that should the public comment period that DTSC 

conducts pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 9622(d)(2)(B) for the [Proposed] Consent Decree between 

the Parties run longer than anticipated, that a request may be made for a continuance of the 

Hearing on Motion to Approve the Consent Decree. (ECF No. 120).

WHEREAS on March 6, 2015, the Court set the Hearing on Motion to Approve the 

Consent Decree for July 13, 2015, and continued the Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment 

to July 27, 2015. (ECF No. 121).

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT DECREE AND VACATE

HEARING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; [PROPOSED] ORDER (2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB)

WHEREAS, after the Court set the July 13, 2015, hearing date, the Parties engaged in 

further confidential mediation and settlement negotiations, which had not been anticipated by the 

Parties. These mediation sessions and negotiations resulted in an unintended and unforeseen 

delay in reaching a final settlement and in drafting and finalizing the [Proposed] Consent Decree.

WHEREAS WCWP and Plaintiffs signed the [Proposed] Consent Decree on May 28, 2015 

and June 2, 2015, respectively, and Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Lodging of [Proposed] Consent 

Decree between the Parties on June 2, 2015. (ECF No. 131).

WHEREAS a Notice of Public Comment Period for the [Proposed] Consent Decree was 

published in the California Regulatory Notice Register (2015, Volume No. 25-Z

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) on June 19, 

2015.

WHEREAS Plaintiffs must consider, and file with the Court, any written comments, views, 

or allegations relating to the [Proposed] Consent Decree that are received during the public 

comment period. 42 U.S.C., § 9622(d)(2)(B).

WHEREAS the public comment period noticed in the California Regulatory Notice 

Register for this matter runs through and includes July 20, 2015, and thus past the date currently 

set for the Hearing on Motion to Approve the Consent Decree.

WHEREAS the Parties believe that it is necessary to continue the date of the Hearing on 

Motion to Approve the Consent Decree to a date that will allow Plaintiffs to consider and file 

with the Court any comments received during the public comment period, and that will comply 

with the requirement in Local Rule 230(b) that hearings on motions shall not be set less than 

twenty-eight (28) days after service and filing of the motion. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties as follows:

1. That the Hearing on Motion to Approve the Consent Decree be continued to August 

24, 2015;

2. That if Plaintiffs are not able to file the Motion to Approve the Consent Decree by 

July 27, 2015, that Plaintiffs will not oppose a request by WCWP for an order shortening time so 

 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT DECREE AND VACATE

HEARING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; [PROPOSED] ORDER (2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB)

that the Hearing on Motion to Approve the Consent Decree may go forward on August 24, 2015; 

and

3. That the July 27, 2015, Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment be taken off 

calendar without prejudice to WCWP’s right to request a new hearing date should the Court not

approve the [Proposed] Consent Decree and consistent with the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling 

Order.

Dated: July 6, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

SARAH E. MORRISON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Dennis L. Beck, Jr.

DENNIS L. BECK, JR.

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Plaintiffs California 

Department of Toxic Substances Control and 

Toxic Substances Control Account

Dated: July 6, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

PERKINS COIE, LLP

/s/ Lester O. Brown

LESTER O. BROWN

Attorneys for Defendant

West Coast Wood Preserving, LLC

ATTESTATION

I, Dennis L. Beck, Jr., do hereby declare pursuant to Rule 131(e) of the Local Rules of the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California that I obtained concurrence in 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT DECREE AND VACATE

HEARING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; [PROPOSED] ORDER (2:14-cv-00595-WBS-EFB)

the filing of the foregoing document from Lester O. Brown, counsel for defendant West Coast 

Wood Preserving, LLC, on this 6th day of July, 2015.

/s/ Dennis L. Beck, Jr.

ORDER

The Hearing on Motion to Approve the Consent Decree is continued to 2:00 p.m. on 

August 24, 2015. The July 27, 2015, Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment is taken off 

calendar without prejudice to being refiled at a later date should the Court not approve the 

[Proposed] Consent Decree and consistent with the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order.

Dated: July 9, 2015

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