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Parties Involved:
A.L. Gilbert Company
Defendant
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

A.L. GILBERT COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

No. 1:15-cv-00533-KJM-SKO 

ORDER 

WHEREAS, on July 16, 2015, Plaintiff California Sportsfishing Protection 

Alliance (“CSPA” or “Plaintiff”) propounded its Second Request for Entry onto Designated 

Property During Wet Weather (“Wet Weather Request”) to Defendant A.L. Gilbert Company 

(“Defendant”); 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(a)(2), CSPA’s Wet 

Weather Request seeks entry onto Defendant’s property with its main address at 304 North 

Yosemite Avenue, Oakdale, California 95361 (“Facility”). As an exhibit to the Wet Weather 

Request, CSPA provided a site map that was submitted by Defendant with its Notice of Intent to 

Comply with the Industrial Storm Water Permit dated March 25, 1992; 

WHEREAS, on August 14, 2015, Defendant timely responded and objected to 

CSPA’s Wet Weather Request; 

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WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred in an effort to resolve disputed 

issues concerning CSPA’s Wet Weather Request; 

WHEREAS, while reserving all rights and objections, the parties have reached 

consensus as to terms and conditions for CSPA’s wet weather inspection of the Facility; 

THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and agree and request that the court so 

order that CSPA may conduct inspection(s) of the Facility during wet weather as follows: 

Date and Duration of Inspection 

1. Plaintiff may conduct two (2) Wet Weather Inspection(s) during rain events of the 

2015-2016 Wet Season that produce a discharge of storm water from the Facility. 

Plaintiff will make best efforts to minimize the time it takes to complete each Wet 

Weather Inspection but entry during a specific rain event may require entry to the 

Facility on consecutive days, depending on when the rain event begins and 

Plaintiff’s ability to complete the inspection on a single day. 

2. Based on available weather forecasts, counsel for Plaintiff shall provide 

Defendant’s counsel with preliminary notice of Plaintiff’s intent to conduct a Wet 

Weather Inspection at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the date of any Wet 

Weather Inspection. Plaintiff will confirm that it intends to conduct a noticed Wet 

Weather Inspection at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time the inspection 

will begin. In the event the Wet Weather Inspection cannot proceed as 

preliminarily noticed, Plaintiff agrees to cancel the inspection no later than 6:00 

p.m. the evening prior to the Wet Weather Inspection. However, in the event no 

rain is occurring the morning of a noticed Wet Weather Inspection, CSPA may 

contact Defendant by 7:00 a.m. to cancel the inspection. 

3. Defendant’s preferred days of the week for CSPA’s Wet Weather Inspection(s) are 

Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, and CSPA will endeavor to notice Wet 

Weather Inspection(s) on a mutually convenient date on Defendant’s preferred 

days of the week. However, in the event CSPA has been unable to collect a storm 

water sample during a Wet Weather Inspection on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or 

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Thursday by November 1, 2015, the Parties agree that CSPA’s Wet Weather 

Inspection(s) will occur during business hours on any weekday on a mutually 

convenient date. 

4. CSPA’s Wet Weather Inspection(s) shall last no more than four (4) hours subject 

to the provisions in paragraph 1 above. Further, in the event rain has not generated 

a discharge during a Wet Weather Inspection but will within business hours the 

day of the inspection beyond the 4-hour window, CSPA’s Wet Weather 

Inspection(s) will continue within business hours until CSPA has collected 

samples. 

5. CSPA will be permitted up to and including four (4) representatives at the Wet 

Weather Inspection(s) who will be accompanied by Defendant’s representatives. 

CSPA’s representatives shall be free to step away during the inspection, at 

sufficient distance to be out of earshot but within view of Defendant’s 

representatives, to have brief, private conversations. 

6. CSPA and its representatives shall follow any and all safety measures and/or 

instructions provided to them during the inspection. 

Scope of Inspection 

7. CSPA’s Wet Weather Inspection(s) shall include all outdoor areas of potential 

storm water pollution sources, including, but not limited to: 

a. Areas related to feed product manufacturing and processing; shipping and 

receiving areas; equipment and vehicle maintenance, cleaning, fueling, and 

storage areas; areas used to unload raw materials, if any; areas used to load 

finished products, if any; liquid feed, fat, and molasses tanks, if any; 

mineral and soy oil tanks, if any; unprocessed material storage areas and 

scrap storage, if any; boiler operations, truck washing station; and on-site 

railroad tracks, if any; 

b. Any areas or equipment from which any liquids, runoff, or fugitive dust or 

debris may drain, or be drained, or discharged, if any; 

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c. All storm drains and all storm water conveyances; 

d. All storage areas, including all areas where equipment, parts, chemicals, 

fluids, and waste are stored; 

e. All pollution management measures, or Best Management Practices 

(BMPs), such as bermed areas, areas with secondary containment and so 

on; 

f. All entrances and exits; 

g. All Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans, Monitoring and Reporting 

Plans, sampling data and other storm water monitoring information, or any 

other records or documents kept by the Defendant at the Facility related to 

water quality at the Facility. 

8. Indoor areas may be viewed but not entered. 

9. Both Parties will be permitted to take photograph(s) and/or video(s) during Wet 

Weather Inspection(s). However, CSPA shall not photograph or video any of 

Defendant’s employees or customers. Defendant’s employees and customers shall 

not intentionally or inadvertently obstruct CSPA’s taking of photographs and/or 

videos during the inspection. 

10. The Parties shall exchange any photographs and/or videos taken during CSPA’s 

Wet Weather Inspection(s) within ten (10) business days of the inspection. 

11. CSPA will be permitted to collect samples of discharges from the Facility during 

Wet Weather Inspection(s). CSPA shall provide Defendant’s representatives with 

split samples of any samples collected during the Wet Weather Inspection(s), if 

requested. Defendant will provide its own sampling equipment, preservative, 

and/or chain of custody forms. At least seventy-two (72) hours prior to a Wet 

Weather Inspection CSPA shall provide Defendant’s representatives with its 

intended types of samples (e.g., liquid, soil, and/or solid), types of equipment (e.g., 

sampling bottles), parameters, and test methods so that Defendants’ representatives 

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shall have sufficient time to have equipment on hand to take samples along with 

CSPA during the inspection. 

12. CSPA will provide Defendant with a copy of the lab results of any analysis of any 

sample collected during a Wet Weather Inspection. 

13. Defendant will provide Plaintiff with a copy of the lab results of any analysis of 

any split or other samples collected during the Wet Weather Inspection(s). 

14. Nothing in this stipulation and agreement shall constitute a waiver by any party of 

further discovery rights, including the right to demand further inspections, or 

objections to further discovery. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 24, 2015. 

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