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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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STIP & [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR INTERVENTION BY GCID, ET AL. 1

SOMACH, SIMMONS & DUNN

A Professional Corporation

STUART L. SOMACH, ESQ. (SBN: 090959) 

ANDREW M. HITCHINGS, ESQ. (SBN: 154554) 

813 Sixth Street, Third Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 446-7979 

Facsimile: (916) 446-8199 

Attorneys for [Proposed] Intervenor 

GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Fresno Division 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

GALE A. NORTON, et al. 

Defendants. 

SAN LUIS & DELTA MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY, WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT, and CALIFORNIA FARM 

BUREAU FEDERATION, 

Intervenors/Defendants. 

Case No. C-05-01207 OWW LJO 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

INTERVENTION BY GLENN-COLUSA 

IRRIGATION DISTRICT, ET AL. 

DATE: December 12, 2005 

TIME: 10:00 a.m. 

COURTROOM: 2 (5th Floor) 

JUDGE: Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 

et al., 

[Proposed] Intervenors. 

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STIP & [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR INTERVENTION BY GCID, ET AL. 2

WHEREAS, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation District, 

Reclamation District 108, Natomas Central Mutual Water Co., Provident Irrigation District, Pelger 

Mutual Water Co., River Garden Farms, and Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Company 

(collectively “Applicants”) have timely filed a motion to intervene in this case as Intervenors/ 

Defendants, and the parties in this case have completed their pre-hearing briefing on Applicants’ 

motion to intervene. 

WHEREAS, the Applicants have acknowledged in their Reply Memorandum in Support of 

Motion to Intervene that their intervention in this case can be limited to the remedial aspects of the 

case, and for the purposes of participating in any related settlement proceedings. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs Natural Resources Defense Council, et al., the Federal Defendants 

Gale A. Norton, in her official capacity as the Secretary of the Interior, and Steven A. Williams, in 

his official capacity as Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (collectively “Federal Defendants”), 

and the existing intervenors San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Westlands Water 

District, and the California Farm Bureau Federation (“Existing Intervenors”) agree that Applicants 

should be granted such limited intervention in this case. 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated by and between Applicants, Plaintiffs Natural 

Resources Defense Council, et al., Federal Defendants and Existing Intervenors, through their 

respective counsel, as follows: 

1. Applicants shall be granted intervention in this action, but with such intervention 

limited to the remedial aspects of the litigation. This limited intervention shall include the right to 

fully participate in any remedy phase of this case. This limited intervention shall also include the 

rights to fully participate in any other remedial aspects of the case that could impact or otherwise 

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affect the Applicants’ rights under their Sacramento River Settlement Contracts with the United 

States. 

2. Applicants shall have the opportunity to fully participate in any court proceedings 

related to approval or implementation of any settlement of this case, at any time during this case. 

3. Applicants shall be permitted to promptly file their answer in intervention to the 

Plaintiffs’ First Supplemental Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief herein. 

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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: December __, 2005 By 

Andrew M. Hitchings 

Attorneys for [Proposed] Intervenor 

GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT 

FROST, KRUP AND ATLAS 

DATED: December __, 2005 By 

J. Mark Atlas 

Attorneys for [Proposed] Intervenors 

PRINCETON-CODORA-GLENN IRRIGATION 

DISTRICT and PROVIDENT IRRIGATION 

DISTRICT 

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DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

DATED: December __, 2005 By 

Kevin M. O’Brien 

Attorneys for [Proposed] Intervenors 

RECLAMATION DISTRICT 108, NATOMAS 

CENTRAL MUTUAL WATER CO., PELGER 

MUTUAL WATER CO., RIVER GARDEN 

FARMS, and PLEASANT GROVE-VERONA 

MUTUAL WATER COMPANY 

DATED: December __, 2005 

TRENT W. ORR 

ANDREA A. TREECE 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

HAMILTON CANDEE 

KATHERINE S. POOLE 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL 

SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE 

Assistant Attorney General 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief 

SETH BARSKY, Assistant Section Chief 

DATED: December __, 2005 

JAMES A. MAYSONETT, 

Trial Attorney (D.C. Bar No. 463856) 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 

Telephone: (202) 305-0216 

Facsimile:(202) 305-0275 

Attorneys for The Federal Defendants 

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KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 

A Professional Corporation 

DATED: December __, 2005 By 

Daniel J. O’Hanlon 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors SAN LUIS & 

DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY and 

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

DATED: December __, 2005 

BRENDA JAHNS SOUTHWICK 

RONDA AZEVEDO LUCAS 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor 

CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION 

ORDER

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

appearing, 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December _9, 2005 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER____________ 

 OLIVER W. WANGER 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I am employed in the County of Sacramento; my business address is 813 Sixth Street, Third 

Floor, Sacramento, California; I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the foregoing 

action. 

On December 9, 2005, I served the following document(s) by e-filing a true and correct 

copy of the same with the Eastern District Court of California: 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR INTERVENTION 

BY GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, ET AL. 

I also served the below listed parties by e-mail who do not currently receive electronic 

notice from the Court in this action: 

J. Mark Atlas 

Frost, Krup & Atlas 

134 West Sycamore 

Willows, CA 95988 

Phone: (530) 934-5416 

Fax: (530) 934-3508 

Email: jma@jmatlaslaw.com 

Attorneys for [Proposed] Intervenors 

Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation District and 

Provident Irrigation District 

Kevin M. O’Brien 

Steven P. Saxton 

Downey Brand LLP 

555 Capitol Mall, 10th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4686 

Phone: (916) 444-1000 

Fax: (916) 444-2100 

Email: kobrien@downeybrand.com 

ssaxton@downeybrand.com 

Attorneys for [Proposed] Intervenors 

Reclamation District 108, Natomas Central 

Mutual Water Co., Pelger Mutual Water Co., 

River Garden Farms, and Pleasant GroveVerona Mutual Water Company 

Clifford T. Lee, Deputy Attorney General 

California Attorney General’s Office 

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 

Phone: (415) 703-5546 

Fax: (415) 703-5480 

Email: cliff.lee@doj.ca.gov 

Attorney for Proposed Intervenor Defendant 

California Department of Water Resources 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on 

December 9, 2005, at Sacramento, California. 

 

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 Crystal Rivera 

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