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Parties Involved:
California-American Water Company
Counter Defendant
Department of the Air Force of the United States of America
Counter Claimant
United States of America
Counter Claimant

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

Eastern District of California 

E. ROBERT WRIGHT

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322

(916) 554-2700

RONALD J. TENPAS

Acting Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

TARA M. BAHN

BRYAN B. DAVIS

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 514-2689

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 )

 ) No. C-05-02295 LKK EFB

CALIFORNIA-AMERICAN WATER )

COMPANY, )

Plaintiff, )

 ) STIPULATION AND

) ORDER REGARDING

 ) SCHEDULE FOR

 vs. ) BRIEFING SUMMARY

) JUDGMENT MOTIONS

UNITED STATES of AMERICA, ) 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, ) 

) 

Defendants. ) ) 

This Stipulation is entered into by and between Plaintiff California-American Water

Company (“Cal-Am”) and the United States of America, together with its Department of the Air

Force of the United States of America (collectively “United States”).

WHEREAS, the Court’s Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference Order of September 7,

2007 (“September 7, 2007 Order”) states that “the parties are to bring on motions for summary

judgment by November 19, 2007, oppositions to be filed by December 10, 2007, and replies to

be filed by December 21, 2007”;

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28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING SCHEDULE FOR BRIEFING

SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS 2

WHEREAS, on September 25, 2007, the United States filed a Counterclaim against CalAm for contribution pursuant to section 113(f)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental

Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C.

§ 9613(f)(1). Pursuant to Local Rule 6-144(a), the Parties agreed by stipulation to extend until

November 19, 2007 Cal-Am’s deadline to file a response to the United States’ Counterclaim;

WHEREAS, on Friday, September 28, 2007, the Parties held a mediation session in San

Francisco, California, agreed to a tentative settlement of the case, and have subsequently

exchanged written drafts of settlement documents; 

WHEREAS, the tentative settlement would resolve all issues and claims in this case and

requires multiple, interrelated documents, which the Parties have been diligently drafting since

the mediation session;

WHEREAS, any settlement of the claims in this case requires review and approval at

several levels at the U.S. Department of the Air Force and at the U.S. Department of Justice and

the Defendant represents that the United States’ approval process is intended to ensure the

consistency and the propriety of settlements in which the United States expends public funds;

WHEREAS, in light of the complexity of the terms of the tentative settlement, and of the

approval process dictated by statute and regulation, the terms of the settlement cannot be

finalized and approved before November 19, 2007, the current deadline for (a) Cal-Am’s

response to the United States’ Counterclaim and (b) the Parties to file summary judgment

motions. The process of finalizing the technical details of the tentative settlement and obtaining

final approval thereon from Cal-Am and the various agencies will necessarily consume more

than the two weeks remaining before summary judgment motions are scheduled to be filed; 

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

1. In light of the foregoing, the Parties agree that it is appropriate to allow them the

time necessary to complete the drafting of the terms and conditions of the proposed settlement,

and to allow the United States the time needed to obtain the necessary approvals within the U.S.

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28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING SCHEDULE FOR BRIEFING

SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS 3

Department of the Air Force and the U.S. Department of Justice, without requiring the Parties to

incur the time and financial costs of preparing motions for summary judgment and pleadings,

such as Cal-Am’s response to the United States’ Counterclaim, that are likely to be rendered

unnecessary by the tentative settlement.

2. The Parties agree that revised deadlines for the filing of motions for summary

judgment and Cal-Am’s response to the United States’ Counterclaim, up to and including

January 22, 2008, would provide a sufficient amount of time to complete the settlement

documents and obtain the necessary approvals within the U.S. Department of the Air Force and

the U.S. Department of Justice. Should the settlement fail for any reason, the Parties request that

the dates in the September 7, 2006 Order be modified as follows: 

File motions for summary judgment January 22, 2008

File papers in opposition to motions February 11, 2008

File papers in reply February 25, 2008

Rescheduled date for hearing March 24, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

In addition, the Parties request that the deadline for Cal-Am’s response to the United States’

Counterclaim be extended to January 22, 2008.

3. There have been no prior modifications to or extension of dates set forth in the

September 7, 2007 Order.

4. If the tentative settlement if finalized, the Parties will promptly lodge and move

for entry of the consent decree.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Respectfully submitted,

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

Eastern District of California

E. ROBERT WRIGHT

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

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28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING SCHEDULE FOR BRIEFING

SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS 4

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322

phone (916) 554-2700

RONALD J. TENPAS

Acting Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Dated: November 5, 2007 /s/ Tara M. Bahn 

TARA M. BAHN

BRYAN B. DAVIS

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, DC 20026-3986

phone (202) 514-2689

fax (202) 514-8865

Attorneys for the United States

Dated: November 5, 2007 /s/ David D. Cooke (as authorized on 11/5/07) 

DAVID D. COOKE

EMILY L. MURRAY

CATHY A. HONGOLA

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

Attorneys for California-American Water Company

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA )

 ) No. C-05-02295 LKK EFB

CALIFORNIA-AMERICAN WATER )

COMPANY, )

Plaintiff, )

 ) 

) [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 ) 

 vs. )

)

UNITED STATES of AMERICA, ) 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, ) 

) 

Defendants. ) ) 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED:

1. The Court’s Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference Order of September 7, 2007 shall be

modified as follows:

A. The briefing schedule and hearing date of January 14, 2008 for summary

judgment motions is vacated.

B. In the event that the Parties do not settle this case, then the following summary

judgment motion hearing and briefing schedule shall be followed:

Last date to file summary judgment motions January 22, 2008

Last date to file opposition motions February 11, 2008

Last date to file reply motions February 25, 2008

Summary judgment hearing March 24, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

2. The deadline for Cal-Am to file a response to the United States’ Counterclaim is

extended to January 22, 2007.

DATED: November 8, 2007

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 5th day of November 2007, a copy of the foregoing

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING SCHEDULE FOR BRIEFING

SUMMARY JUDGMENT was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent to the

following counsel by operation of the Court’s electronic filing system to:

DAVID D. COOKE

EMILY L. MURRAY

CATHY A. HONGOLA

ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS LLP

Three Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-4074

 /s/ Tara Bahn 

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