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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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DEFENDANT AND THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFF EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND PLAINTIFF 

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DONGELL LAWRENCE FINNEY LLP 

RICHARD A. DONGELL, SBN: 128083 

(rdongell@dlflawyers.com) 

THOMAS F. VANDENBURG, SBN: 163446 

(tvandenburg@dlflawyers.com) 

707 Wilshire Boulevard, 45th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90017-3609 

Telephone: (213) 943-6100 

Facsimile: (213) 943-6101 

Attorneys for Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff 

EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

EL DORADO COUNTY, 

CALIFORNIA; and CITY OF SOUTH 

LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA, 

 Defendants. 

No. 2:01-cv-01520-MCE GGH

Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr. 

DEFENDANT AND THIRD 

PARTY PLAINTIFF EL DORADO 

COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND 

PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA’S STIPULATION 

CONCERNING THE COURT 

REGISTRY ACCOUNT; ORDER 

AND ALL RELATED CROSS 

ACTIONS 

Whereas, on December 9, 2009, the Court granted the United States’ 

Motion to Approve Consent Decree with Certain Third Party Defendants; and, 

Whereas, on December 7, 2009, the Court issued an Order directing 

the deposit of settlement monies with the Clerk of the Court and directing the 

Clerk of the Court to deposit all settlement monies with the court registry 

investment account (“Court Registry Account ”); and, 

Whereas, to date the Clerk of the Court has made and/or received such 

deposits such totaling $1.25 million as follows: 

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RECEIPT number #CAE200022311 $100,000.00 

Court Registry Account fbo Sierra Pacific Power Co. by 

Sierra Pacific Power Company on 12/15/2009. (Entered: 

12/15/2009) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022479 $250,000.00 

fbo Heavenly Valley by Heavenly Valley on 12/22/2009. 

(Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022804 $150,000.00 

fbo Safeway Inc. by Safeway Inc. on 1/6/2010. (Entered: 

01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022828 $50,000.00 

fbo Lake Tahoe Unified School Dis. by Century 

Indemnity Company on 1/7/2010. (Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022829 $50,000.00 

fbo Lake Tahoe Unified School Dis. by County of El 

Dorado on 1/7/2010. (Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022831 $100,000.00 

fbo Raleys by Arrowood Indemnity Company on 

1/7/2010. (Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022834 $350,000.00 

fbo Harveys Tahoe Management Co. and Harrah's 

Operating Company, Inc. by Harrahs Lake Tahoe on 

1/7/2010. (Entered: 01/08/2010) 

RECEIPT number #CAE200022873 $50,000.00 

fbo The Hertz Corporation by The Hertz Corporation on 

1/8/2010. (Entered: 01/12/2010) 

DEPOSIT of $150,000 by Douglas County, 

Nevada on February 4, 2010. 

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Whereas, the Consent Decree provides that all funds in the Court 

Registry Account are to be maintained in that account with the express purpose 

that such funds be disbursed only for past or future costs of “response” as that term 

is defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

Liability Act (“CERCLA”), as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; and, 

Whereas, Funds in the Court Registry Account may be disbursed upon 

the joint request of the United States and El Dorado County and with the approval 

of this Court; and, 

Whereas, upon a joint request made on an ex parte basis, the Consent 

Decree provides that the Clerk of the Court shall pay some or all of the funds in the 

Court Registry Account as directed by the Court; and, 

Whereas, on June 2, 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, pursuant to its delegated authorities under Section 106 of CERCLA, 42 

U.S.C. §9606, issued a Unilateral Administrative Order (“UAO”) to El Dorado 

County; and 

Whereas, the UAO requires El Dorado County to implement the 

remedial remedy set forth in the Record of Decision for Operational Unit 1 (“OU-1 

ROD”) at the Meyers Landfill Site; 

Whereas the UAO allows El Dorado County and its agents access to 

the Meyers Landfill Site to implement the OU-1 ROD; and, 

Whereas, the United States has issued such UAO in advance of the 

lodging of a Proposed Consent Decree resolving its claims against El Dorado 

County brought herein; and, 

Whereas, the United States lodged a Proposed Partial Consent Decree 

with the Court on June 28, 2010 and Notice of the proposed Partial Consent Decree 

was published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2010; and, 

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Whereas, both the United States and El Dorado County agree that 

implementation of the OU-1 ROD at the Meyers Landfill Site to be conducted by 

El Dorado County, as discussed above, will involve the incurrence of “response 

costs” as that term is defined in CERCLA; and, 

Whereas, the parties previously provided the Court a Stipulation 

Concerning payment of funds held in the Court Registry Account which provided 

that the funds would be transferred electronically; and, 

Whereas, the parties subsequently have been advised that the Clerk’s 

Office does not accommodate electronic transfer of funds from the Court Registry 

Account; 

Therefore, the United States and El Dorado County hereby request 

that this Court approve payment of $1.25 million, plus any interest accrued 

thereon, from the Court Registry Account to El Dorado County for the 

implementation of the OU-1ROD at the Meyers Landfill Site; and hereby request 

that this Court direct the Clerk of the Court to issue payment of $1.25 million, plus 

any interest accrued thereon, from the Court Registry Account to El Dorado 

County, California as follows within five (5) days of this Order: 

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Payee: “County of El Dorado” 

Payment to be accepted in person at the Clerk’s Office by: 

Ms. Kerri Williams 

Fiscal Administration Manager 

County of El Dorado 

Environmental Management Department. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

July 27, 2010 /s/ Thomas F. Vandenburg 

Date THOMAS F. VANDENBURG 

DONGELL LAWRENCE FINNEY LLP 

Attorneys for El Dorado County, California 

July 27, 2010 /s/ Karl J. Fingerhood 

Date KARL J. FINGERHOOD 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Attorneys for the United States of America 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 28, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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