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Parties Involved:
Baykeeper
Interested Party
California Association of Sanitation Agencies
Intervenor Pla
Stephen L. Johnson
Defendant
Wayne Nastri
Defendant
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Defendant
Western States Petroleum Association
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BAYKEEPER, HUMBOLDT BAYKEEPER,

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION, and

COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER

ENVIRONMENT, 

Plaintiffs,

 v.

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY, STEPHEN L.

JOHNSON, as Administrator of the United

States Environmental Protection Agency,

WAYNE NASTRI, as Regional Administrator

of the United States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, 

Defendants. /

No. C 06-05159 WHA

Related to:

No. C 07-00887 WHA

ORDER RE JOINT STIPULATION

The Court has received plaintiffs’ and defendants’ joint stipulation, as well as the

opposition filed by Western States Petroleum Association and California Association of

Sanitation Agencies, plaintiffs in the related case. On April 11, 2007, Baykeeper and the EPA

filed a stipulation reporting on their progress toward settlement and stating that they felt an

additional 30-day stay would be appropriate to finalize settlement. They did not explicitly

request a stay. Plaintiffs in the related case oppose any stay of this action in large part because

on March 26, 2007, Baykeeper and the EPA entered into an agreement to keep their settlement

discussions before a court-appointed mediator confidential. Plaintiffs in the related case have

not been involved in those settlement discussions. 

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United States District Court

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The Court is willing grant a 30-day stay of this action if and only if Baykeeper and the

EPA agree to allow Western States Petroleum Association and the California Association of

Sanitation Agencies to participate in the ongoing settlement discussions. If Baykeeper and the

EPA will not so agree, then this action will proceed as scheduled. Baykeeper and the EPA

should file a statement regarding their decision no later than APRIL 19, 2007, AT NOON.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 17, 2007. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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