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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 and [Proposed] Order Modifying Scheduling Conference Order No.: CIV. F-02-6137 OWW SMS

BILL LOCKYER 

 Attorney General of the State of California

THEODORA BERGER

 Senior Assistant Attorney General

TIMOTHY E. SULLIVAN (Cal. Bar No. 197054)

 Deputy Attorney General

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor

P.O. Box 70550

Oakland, CA 94612-0550

Telephone: (510) 622-2100

Facsimile: (510) 622-2270

E-mail: Timothy.Sullivan@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT 

OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC

SUBSTANCES CONTROL, 

Plaintiff,

v.

TRI-AIR, INC., et al.,

Defendants,

Case No.: CIV. F-02-6137 OWW SMS

STIPULATION AND ORDER

MODIFYING SCHEDULING

CONFERENCE ORDER

1. Whereas, the following progress has been made in investigating the site since the

last Scheduling Conference on March 8, 2006: The Department of Toxic Substances Control

(“DTSC”) completed its review the Risk Assessment prepared by consultants for defendants TriAir, Inc. and Charles Robinson (“Tri-Air”) and provided written comments. The Regional Water

Quality Control Board was also provided a copy of the Risk Assessment and it requested

additional testing in order to characterize the site, including testing off-site for migration of

contaminants. This led to meetings between Tri-Air’s consultants, DTSC, and the Regional

Water Quality Control Board in August 2006 and October 2006 to plan for the next stages of the

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remedial investigation. In November 2006 Tri-Air’s consultant submitted its “Work Plan for

Additional Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study of Groundwater” to DTSC. The work

plan proposed that further groundwater samples be taken, including some samples on adjoining

properties. DTSC approved the work plan, with modifications, in early December. 

2. Whereas, the following site investigation activities are anticipated for the future:

Field work for the additional Remedial Investigation is scheduled to begin in mid-December

2006. After the data specified in the Remedial Investigation work plan is collected and

evaluated, the work plan states that a Feasibility Study of remedial alternatives will be prepared. 

The parties anticipate that a draft Feasibility Study will be submitted to DTSC in April 2007,

with the goal that a final Feasibility Study will be completed in the summer of 2007. The

Feasibility Study will identify and propose the cost-effective remedy. DTSC will then review the

remedial options and select a proposed remedy. At that point the parties expect to have a clear

idea of what the cost will be to deal with the contamination at the site. 

3. Whereas, the parties believe that evaluation of the remediation alternatives will

provide crucial information for settlement purposes, because it will allow the parties to determine

how much it will cost to clean up the site or impose any other necessary controls on site

contamination, and the parties further believe that settlement of this case is unlikely until the cost

of the remedial options is known;

4. Whereas, the parties wish to avoid litigation expenses that could be avoided

altogether by holding settlement talks at the appropriate time, after the remedial options are

known, and instead prefer that their resources be expended on the on-site scientific investigation

of the contamination and evaluation of remediation alternatives;

5. Plaintiff DTSC, defendants Tri-Air, Inc., Charles Robinson, and Robert Nash, and

cross-defendant Jerry McDonald hereby stipulate that the dates contained in the Court’s March 9,

2006, Scheduling Conference Order are modified as follows:

Written Disclosure of Expert Witnesses April 1, 2008

Supplemental Expert Disclosures May 1, 2008

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Discovery Cut-Off June 2, 2008

Settlement Conference Date June 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Ctrm. 7

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline June 13, 2008

Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline July 7, 2008

Pre-Trial Conference Date September 15, 2008, 11:00 a.m., Ctrm. 3

Trial Date October 21, 2008, 9:00 a.m., Ctrm. 3

6. Except for the dates modified above, the March 9, 2006, Scheduling Conference Order

remains in effect. 

7. The parties further request that a Scheduling Conference be set in this matter in

approximately six months, at which time the parties will discuss with the Court the current

litigation deadlines and the ongoing environmental investigation at the property and how they

affect the possibility of settlement. 

Dated: _________________

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BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General

THEODORA BERGER

 Senior Assistant Attorney General

TIMOTHY E. SULLIVAN

 Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for California Department of Toxic

Substances Control

Dated: _________________

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GARY M. FACHIN

LAW OFFICES OF GARY M. FACHIN

Attorneys for Tri-Air, Inc. and Charles Robinson

Dated: _________________

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MICHAEL L. RENBERG

Parichan, Renberg, Crossman & Harvey Law

Corporation

Attorneys for Robert Nash

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Dated: _________________

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LEE N. SMITH

Stoel Rives LLP

Attorneys for Jerry McDonald

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 5, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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