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Parties Involved:
California Air Resources Board
Plaintiff
Evergreen Pulp, Inc.
Defendant
North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District
Plaintiff
People of the State of California
Plaintiff
United States of America
Plaintiff

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Case No. C 07 05067 SBA

STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING 

CERTAIN PRETRIAL DATES

LAW OFFICES 

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 

DAVID D. COOKE (BAR NO. 94939) 

ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE 

 MALLORY & NATSIS LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-4074 

Phone: (415) 837-1515 

Fax: (415) 837-1516 

E-Mail: dcooke@allenmatkins.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Evergreen Pulp, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

ex rel. CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES 

BOARD, and NORTH COAST UNIFIED AIR 

QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

EVERGREEN PULP, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. C 07 05067 SBA 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

MODIFYING CERTAIN PRETRIAL DATES 

Plaintiffs United States of America, the People of the State of California ex rel. California 

Air Resources Board, and the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District (collectively 

"Plaintiffs"), and Defendant Evergreen Pulp, Inc. ("Evergreen"), hereby agree and stipulate as 

follows: 

1. On October 2, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a Complaint against Evergreen pursuant to 

Section 113 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7413, California Health & Safety Code § 42403, 

and North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District Rule 105. On the same date, Plaintiffs 

lodged a Consent Decree that, if approved and entered as the judgment of the Court in this case, 

would resolve the claims alleged in the Complaint. 

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2. On October 2, 2007, the Court issued an Order Setting Initial Case Management 

Conference and ADR Deadlines ("Scheduling Order"), establishing the following deadlines: 

• December 20, 2007: Last day to meet and confer regarding initial disclosures, 

early settlement, ADR process selection, discovery plan, file a Joint ADR 

Certification with Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR 

Phone Conference. 

• January 3, 2008: Last day to file Rule 26(f) Report, complete initial disclosures 

or state objections in Rule 26(f) Report, and file Case Management Statement 

per attached Standing Order regarding Contents of Joint Case Management 

Statement. 

• January 10, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.: Initial Case Management Conference. 

The Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines provides that "[i]f the 

Initial Case Management Conference is continued, the other deadlines are continued accordingly." 

3. On October 12, 2007, notice of the lodging of the Consent Decree and the opening 

of a 30-day public comment period was published in the Federal Register, 72 Fed. Reg. 58125 

(October 12, 2007). 

4. On October 17, 2007, in light of the lodging of a Consent Decree that, if approved, 

would resolve all of the claims asserted in this action and obviate the need for continued litigation, 

the Parties filed a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Extending Certain Pretrial Dates, including the 

dates set forth in the Scheduling Order. The Court did not approve this proposed order. 

5. On October 26, 2007, the Court issued a Clerk's Notice rescheduling the Case 

Management Conference to 4:00 p.m. on January 10, 2008. The Clerk's Notice requires the 

Parties to "file a Joint Case Management Conference Statement 10 days in advance of the Case 

Management Conference that complies with the Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern 

District Of California and the Standing Order of this Court." In accordance with the Clerk's 

Notice, the Joint Case Management Conference Statement is due no later than December 31, 2007. 

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6. On December 13, 2007, after evaluating and responding to the comments received 

during the comment period, Plaintiffs filed a Request to Enter Consent Decree and Memorandum 

in Support of Request to Enter Consent Decree. 

7. In light of the filing of the Request to Enter the Consent Decree, which Request, if 

approved, would result in the entry of final judgment resolving all of the claims asserted in this 

action, and in order to avoid incurring unnecessary expense in this action while the Court 

considers that Request, the Parties stipulate to, and request that the Court adopt, an order that 

provides as follows: 

(a) The deadlines described in paragraph 2, above, should be vacated. 

(b) The Case Management Conference, scheduled for January 10, 2008, should be 

continued to a future date to be established only in the event that the Court denies the 

Request to Enter Consent Decree. 

(c) At such continued Case Management Conference, if it occurs, new deadlines for 

the requirements described in paragraph 2 should be set. 

(d) Evergreen's response to the Complaint shall be filed no later than thirty (30) days 

after filing and service of an order denying the Request to Enter Consent Decree. 

8. Except as set forth above, there have been no other modifications to or extensions 

of dates set forth in any order of this Court. 

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: December 14, 2007 ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE 

 MALLORY & NATSIS LLP 

DAVID D. COOKE 

By: /s/ David D. Cooke 

DAVID D. COOKE 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Evergreen Pulp, Inc. 

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Dated: December 14, 2007 RONALD J. TENPAS 

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

 United States Department of Justice 

By: /s/ Ann C. Hurley 

ANN C. HURLEY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

United States of America 

 

Dated: December 17, 2007 OFFICE OF THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY 

GENERAL 

EDWIN G. BROWN, JR. 

 Attorney General of the State of California 

 MARY HACKENBRACHT 

 Assistant Attorney General 

By: /s/ Anita E. Ruud 

ANITA E. RUUD 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

California Air Resources Board 

Dated: December 14, 2007 LAW OFFICES OF NANCY DIAMOND 

NANCY DIAMOND 

By: /s/ Nancy Diamond 

NANCY DIAMOND 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

North Coast Unified Air Quality 

Management District 

Attestation Regarding Signature: This document is being filed electronically under my 

User ID and Password. Pursuant to General Order 45, Section X.B, I hereby attest that 

concurrence in this filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories to 

this document. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is 

true and correct. Executed December 17, 2007 in San Francisco, California. 

 /s/ David D. Cooke

 David D. Cooke 

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STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING 

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 ORDER 

Pursuant to stipulation, and for good cause shown, the Court orders as follows: 

1. The following deadlines, set forth in the October 2, 2007, Order Setting Initial Case 

Management Conference and ADR Deadlines ("Scheduling Order"), are hereby vacated: 

• December 20, 2007: Last day to meet and confer regarding initial disclosures, 

early settlement, ADR process selection, discovery plan, file a Joint ADR 

Certification with Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR 

Phone Conference. 

• January 3, 2008: Last day to file Rule 26(f) Report, complete initial disclosures 

or state objections in Rule 26(f) Report, and file Case Management Statement 

per attached Standing Order regarding Contents of Joint Case Management 

Statement. 

2. The Case Management Conference scheduled for January 10, 2008, shall be 

continued to April 9, 2008 at 3:15 p.m. via telephone, in the event the Court denies the pending 

Request to Enter Consent Decree, filed by Plaintiffs on December 13, 2007. New deadlines for 

completion of the parties' obligations identified in the Scheduling Order shall be adopted at such 

continued Case Management Conference, if it occurs. 

3. Evergreen's response to the Complaint shall be filed no later than thirty (30) days 

after notification by the Court to the Parties that it will not enter the Consent Decree. 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _1/8/08 ____________________________ 

 Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong 

 United States District Judge 

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