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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 42:4332 Environmental Policy - Coop of Agency Reports

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JOINT STIPULATION RE NOTICE OF FILING OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR 

2004 WATER YEAR ALLOCATIONS and ORDER [PROPOSED] 

RONALD J. TENPAS

Acting Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice

CHARLES R. SHOCKEY, Attorney

D.C. Bar # 914879

United States Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

General Litigation Section

501 “I” Street, Suite 9-700

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322

Telephone: (916) 930-2203

Facsimile: (916) 930-2210

Email: charles.shockey@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

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)

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA ) CIV. NO. F-97-6140 OWW/DLB

WATER AUTHORITY, et al., ) CIV. NO. F-98-5261 OWW/DLB

Plaintiffs, ) (CONSOLIDATED)

) 

SAVE SAN FRANCISCO BAY ) JOINT STIPULATION RE

ASSOCIATION, et al., ) NOTICE OF FILING OF

) ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

Plaintiffs, ) FOR 2004 WATER YEAR

 ) ALLOCATIONS and

PIXLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al., ) ORDER

Plaintiffs-in-Intervention ) 

 ) Local Rules 5-133(b), 83-143(b)

v. ) 

 ) 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) 

THE INTERIOR, et al., ) 

Defendants. )

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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-133(b) and Local Rule 83-143(b), defendants Dirk Kempthorne,

Secretary of the Interior, et al., and other parties to this litigation hereby stipulate and agree to the

filing of the Administrative Record for the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Section

3406(b)(2) Water Year 2004 Accounting in CD-ROM format, rather than through the standard

electronic case management/filing procedures prescribed in Local Rule 5-133(a). The basis for

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JOINT STIPULATION RE NOTICE OF FILING OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR 

2004 WATER YEAR ALLOCATIONS and ORDER [PROPOSED] 2

the parties’ stipulation is as follows:

WHEREAS the Administrative Record for the Water Year 2004 Accounting consists of

two records, one compiled by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) and the other compiled by the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS);

WHEREAS the defendants served all parties with a copy of the Administrative Record on

two separate diskettes in Compact Disk-Read-Only-Memory (CD-ROM) format on September 4,

2007 (Doc. 673);

WHEREAS the defendants simultaneously lodged a copy of the Administrative Record in

CD-ROM format with the Clerk of the Court on that date;

WHEREAS the of Clerk of the Court has advised counsel for the defendants that prior

approval of the Court must be obtained in order to lodge these documents in a format other than

through the Court’s CM/ECF system; and

WHEREAS the parties to this stipulation wish to expedite the Court’s ability to review

the Administrative Record;

NOW, THEREFORE, the following parties hereby stipulate and agree to request the

Court’s permission to allow the defendants to lodge a copy of the Administrative Record in CDROM format. A proposed Order is attached to this Stipulation for the Court’s consideration.

Respectfully submitted on October 2, 2007.

FOR THE DEFENDANTS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET AL.:

/s/ Charles R. Shockey

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CHARLES R. SHOCKEY, Attorney

D.C. Bar # 914879

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Natural Resources Section

501 “I” Street, Suite 9-700

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322

Telephone: (916) 930-2203

Facsimile: (916) 930-2210

Email: charles.shockey@usdoj.gov

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JOINT STIPULATION RE NOTICE OF FILING OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR 

2004 WATER YEAR ALLOCATIONS and ORDER [PROPOSED] 3

FOR THE PLAINTIFFS SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY AND

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT:

/s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon

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DANIEL J. O’HANLON, State Bar No. 122380

BECKY DELL SHEEHAN, State Bar No. 201596

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard

400 Capitol Mall, 27 Floor th

Sacramento, CA 95814-4417

Telephone: (916) 321-4500

Facsimile: (916) 321-4555

THOMAS W. BIRMINGHAM, State Bar No. 110898

Westlands Water District

3130 N. Fresno Street

Fresno, CA 93703

Telephone: (559) 224-1523

Facsimile: (559) 241-6277

DIANNE RATHMANN, State Bar No. 89845

Linneman, Burgess, Telles, Van Atta, Vierra, 

Rathmann, Whitehurst & Keene

P.O. Box 156, 1820 Marguerite Street

Dos Palos, CA 93620

Telephone: (209) 392-2141

Facsimile: (209) 393-3964

JON D. RUBIN, State Bar No. 196944

Diepenbrock Harrison

400 Capitol Mall, 18 Floor th

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 492-5000

Facsimile: (916) 446-4535

FOR PLAINTIFF-INTERVENORS BAY INSTITUTE OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY, ET AL.:

/S/ Charles M. Hungerford

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CYNTHIA L. KOEHLER, State Bar No. 124261

THOMAS J. GRAFF, State Bar No. 47920

Environmental Defense Fund

5655 College Avenue, Suite 304

Oakland, CA 94618 

Telephone: (510) 658-8008

Facsimile: (510) 658-0630

JEREMY L. FRIEDMAN, State Bar. No. 142659

Law Office of Jeremy L. Friedman

2801 Sylhowe Road

Oakland, CA 94602

Telephone: (510) 530-9060

Facsimile: (510) 530-9087

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JOINT STIPULATION RE NOTICE OF FILING OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR 

2004 WATER YEAR ALLOCATIONS and ORDER [PROPOSED] 4

CHARLES M. HUNGERFORD, State Bar No. 66263

LAWRENCE A. HOBEL, State Bar No. 73364

Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, LLP

275 Middlefield Road 

Menlo Park, CA 94025-3506 

Telephone: (650) 324-7047

Facsimile: (650) 435-0648

HAMILTON CANDEE, State Bar. No. 111376

Natural Resources Defense Counsel

111 Sutter Street, 20 Floor th

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 875-6100

Facsimile: (415) 875-6161

FOR THE PLAINTIFF-IN-INTERVENTION STOCKTON EAST WATER DISTRICT:

/s/ Jeanne M. Zolezzi

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JEANNE M. ZOLEZZI, State Bar No. 121282

KARNA E. HARRIGFELD, State Bar No. 162824

Herum Crabtree Brown

2291 West March Lane, Suite B100

Stockton, CA 95207

Telephone: (209) 472-7700

Facsimile: (209) 472-7986

ORDER APPROVING JOINT STIPULATION

The Court, having considered the parties’ joint stipulation, pursuant to L.R. 5-133(b) and

L.R. 83-143(b), to request permission for the defendants to lodge the Administrative Record Re

2004 Water Year Allocations with the Court in CD-ROM format, finds good cause to approve

the stipulation and accept the record in that format. Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the defendants may lodge the Administrative Record

Re 2004 Water Year Allocations on CD-ROM format, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to

lodge and retain the Administrative Record in CD-ROM format pending further order of this

Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 3, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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