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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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28 SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN

A Professional Corporation

JOINT STIPULATION RE INTERVENTION IN RELATED CASES C06-05159 AND C07-0887; [PROPOSED] ORDER 1

SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN

A Professional Corporation

ROBERTA L. LARSON, ESQ (SBN: 191705)

JONATHAN R. SCHUTZ ESQ. (SBN: 230897)

813 Sixth Street, Third Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 446-7979

Facsimile: (916) 446-8199

Attorneys for Intervenor

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF

SANITATION AGENCIES

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

MARGARET ROSEGAY, ESQ. (SBN: 96963)

NORMAN F. CARLIN, ESQ. (SBN: 188108)

50 Fremont Street

Post Office Box 7880

San Francisco, CA 94120

Telephone: (415) 983-1000

Facsimile: (415) 983-1200

Attorneys for Intervenor

WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

BAYKEEPER, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. C 06-5159 WHA

Case No. C 07-0887 WHA

JOINT STIPULATION RE

INTERVENTION IN

RELATED CASES

C 06-05159 and C 07-0887;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM 

ASSOCIATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY, et al.,

Defendants.

Hearing Date:

Time:

Dept.: Courtroom 9, 19th Floor

Judge: The Honorable William

 H. Alsup

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28 SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN

A Professional Corporation

JOINT STIPULATION RE INTERVENTION IN RELATED CASES C06-05159 AND C07-0887; [PROPOSED] ORDER 2

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs Baykeeper, Humboldt Baykeeper, Ecological Rights Foundation,

and Communities for a Better Environment (Environmental Plaintiffs) filed the above-captioned

case Baykeeper, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., C 06-05159 (Baykeeper I)

on August 23, 2006.

WHEREAS, Proposed Intervenors California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA)

and Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) filed motions to intervene in Baykeeper I on

November 28, 2006, which were denied, without prejudice to re-file, due to a stipulated stay

during the pendency of settlement negotiations between Environmental Plaintiffs and EPA .

CASA and WSPA refiled the motions to intervene on January 16, 2007. On March 1, 2007,

Judge Marilyn Hall Patel recused herself from the case without ruling on the motions. On

March5, 2007, the case was reassigned to Judge William Alsup.

WHEREAS, WSPA filed Western States Petroleum Association v. U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, et al., C 07-0887 (WSPA) on February 12, 2007.

WHEREAS, Environmental Plaintiffs filed Plaintiffs’ Administrative Motion to Consider

Whether Cases Should Be Related Per Local Rule 3-12 (Related Cases Motion) on February 26,

2007 asking the Court to deem Baykeeper I and WSPA to be related cases.

WHEREAS, Proposed Intervenors CASA and WSPA did not oppose Environmental

Plaintiffs’ Related Cases Motion.

WHEREAS, the stipulated stay in Baykeeper I expired on March 16, 2007.

WHEREAS, on March 19, 2007, Judge William Alsup issued an Order finding that the

WSPA case is related to the Baykeeper I case and ordering that the WSPA case be reassigned to

him.

WHEREAS, Environmental Plaintiffs wish to allow CASA and WSPA to intervene in

Baykeeper I as defendants.

WHEREAS, WSPA wishes to allow CASA and the Environmental Plaintiffs to intervene

in WSPA as plaintiff and defendants, respectively;

WHEREAS, EPA takes no position on CASA’s and WSPA’s intervention in Baykeeper I

(C 06-05159) as defendants.

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A Professional Corporation

JOINT STIPULATION RE INTERVENTION IN RELATED CASES C06-05159 AND C07-0887; [PROPOSED] ORDER 3

WHEREAS, EPA takes no position on the intervention of Environmental Plaintiffs as

defendants, and CASA as a plaintiff, in WSPA (C 07-0887).

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated as follows:

1. Environmental Plaintiffs stipulate that CASA and WSPA shall be allowed to

intervene in Baykeeper I (C 06-05159) as defendants, and that it shall not be necessary for CASA

and WSPA to refile their motions to intervene.

2. Environmental Plaintiffs hereby withdraw their Opposition to CASA’s and

WSPA’s motions to intervene in Baykeeper I, filed February 5, 2007.

3. WSPA stipulates that Environmental Plaintiffs shall be allowed to intervene in

WSPA (C 07-0887) as defendants, and that CASA shall be allowed to intervene in WSPA (C 07-

0887) as a plaintiff.

4. This Stipulation may be executed by way of counterpart signatures and/or by way of

facsimile signatures.

SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN

A Professional Corporation

DATED: April 4, 2007 By /s/ Roberta L. Larson1

Roberta L. Larson

Attorneys for Intervenor

California Association of Sanitation Agencies

DATED: April 4, 2007 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

By /s/ Margaret Rosegay

Margaret Rosegay

Attorneys for Intervenor and Plaintiff

Western States Petroleum Association

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1 As the filing attorney, I, Roberta L. Larson, attest that counsel for Plaintiffs and Intervenors

Environmental Advocates and Western States Petroleum Association, and counsel for Defendant United

States Environmental Protection Agency, find the contents of this filed document acceptable and have

given me permission to electronically file this Joint Stipulation on their behalf.

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JOINT STIPULATION RE INTERVENTION IN RELATED CASES C06-05159 AND C07-0887; [PROPOSED] ORDER 4

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES

DATED: April 4, 2007 By /s/ Christopher Sproul

Christopher Sproul

Attorney for Plaintiff and Intervenor

Environmental Advocates

Scott N. Schools

Acting United States Attorney

Matthew J. McKeown

Acting Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

DATED: April 4, 2007 By /s/ Lily Chinn

Lily Chinn

Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, D.C. 20026-3986

Attorney for Defendant

United States Environmental Protection Agency

ORDER

The Court, having read and considered the foregoing stipulation, and good cause appearing,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April __, 2007 By

Judge William H. Alsup

United State District Court

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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JOINT STIPULATION RE INTERVENTION IN RELATED CASES C06-05159 AND C07-0887; [PROPOSED] ORDER 5

PROOF OF SERVICE

I am employed in the County of Sacramento; my business address is Hall of Justice

Building, 813 Sixth Street, Third Floor, Sacramento, California; I am over the age of 18 years

and not a party to the foregoing action.

On April 4, 2007, I served a true and correct copy of:

JOINT STIPULATION RE INTERVENTION IN RELATED

CASES C 06-05159 and C 07-0887; [PROPOSED] ORDER

(by mail) on all parties in said action listed below, in accordance with Code of Civil

Procedure §1013a(3), by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope in a

designated area for outgoing mail, addressed as set forth below. At Somach, Simmons&

Dunn, mail placed in that designated area is given the correct amount of postage and is

deposited that same day, in the ordinary course of business, in a United States mailbox in the

City of Sacramento, California.

X(by e-mail) on all parties in said action listed below, via the Court’s e-filing system to

Counsel of Record listed below:

Christopher Alan Sproul

Jodene Louise Isaacs

Environmental Advocates

5135 Anza Street

San Francisco, CA 94121

csproul@enviroadvocates.com

jisaacs@enviroadvocates.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Baykeeper, Humboldt

Baykeeper, Ecological Rights Foundation, and

Communities for a Better Environment

Daniel Cooper

Lawyers for Clean Water

1004 O’Reilly Avenue, Suite A

San Francisco, CA 94129

cleanwater@sfo.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Baykeeper, Humboldt

Baykeeper, Ecological Rights Foundation, and

Communities for a Better Environment

Shana D.G. Lazerow

Communities for a Better Environment

1440 Broadway, Suite 701

Oakland, CA 94612

slazerow@cbecal.org

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Baykeeper, Humboldt

Baykeeper, Ecological Rights Foundation, and

Communities for a Better Environment

Lily Niu Chinn

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environmental Defense Section

P. O. Box 23986

Washington, DC 20026-3986

lily.chinn@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants United States

Environmental Protection Agency, Stephen L.

Johnson, as Administrator of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency, and Wayne

Nastri, as Regional Administrator of the

United States environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct under the laws of

the State of California. Executed on April 4, 2007, at Sacramento, California.

/s/ Jane L. Pratt

Jane L. Pratt

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