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Parties Involved:
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
Plaintiff
Northern Recycling & Waste Services
Defendant
Douglas Speicher
Defendant

Document Text:

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO 2:14−CV−01601−GEB−CKD

APPROVE CONSENT AGREEMENT AND DISMISS 

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ROBERT J. TUERCK (Bar No. 255741) 

Jackson & Tuerck 

P.O. Box 148 

429 W. Main Street, Suite C 

Quincy, CA 95971 

Tel: (530) 283-0406 

E-mail: bob@jacksontuerck.com 

ANDREW L. PACKARD (Bar No. 168690) 

Law Offices of Andrew L. Packard 

100 Petaluma Blvd. N., Suite 301 

Petaluma, CA 94952 

Tel: (707) 763-7227 

Fax: (707) 763-9227 

E-mail: Andrew@packardlawoffices.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE, a non-profit 

corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

NORTHERN RECYCLING & WASTE 

SERVICES, a California corporation, and 

DOUGLAS SPEICHER, an individual.

Defendants. 

2:14-cv-01601-GEB-CKD

STIPULATION TO APPROVE

CONSENT AGREEMENT AND TO

DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS WITH 

PREJUDICE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

APPROVING CONSENT AGREEMENT 

AND GRANTING DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE [FRCP 41(a)(2)]

(Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 to 1387) 

TO THE COURT:

Plaintiff CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION ALLIANCE (“PLAINTIFF” 

or “CSPA”), and Defendants NORTHERN RECYCLING & WASTE SERVICES and 

DOUGLAS SPEICHER (collectively, the “DEFENDANTS”) stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, on or about May 7, 2014, CSPA provided DEFENDANTS with a Notice of 

Violations and Intent to File Suit (“60-Day Notice Letter”) under Section 505 of the Federal 

Water Pollution Control Act (“Act” or “Clean Water Act”), 33 U.S.C. § 1365;

WHEREAS, on July 7, 2014, CSPA filed its Complaint against DEFENDANTS in this 

Court, and said Complaint incorporated by reference all of the allegations contained in CSPA’s

60-Day Notice Letter (“Complaint”);

WHEREAS, CSPA and DEFENDANTS, through their authorized representatives and 

without either adjudication of CSPA’s claims or admission by DEFENDANTS of any alleged 

violation or other wrongdoing, have chosen to avoid the costs and uncertainties of further 

litigation and to to compromise, resolve, settle, and terminate, in full, any and all disputes or 

claims between them as to the allegations set forth in the 60-Day Notice Letter and Complaint. 

A copy of the agreement (“Consent Agreement”) entered into by CSPA and DEFENDANTS is 

attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by this reference. 

WHEREAS, on May 27, 2105, the Parties submitted the Consent Agreement via 

certified mail, return receipt requested, to the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice (“the 

agencies”) and the 45-day review period set forth at 40 C.F.R. § 135.5 has been completed 

without objection by the agencies.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED TO BY AND 

BETWEEN THE PARTIES:

1. That the Court be requested to approve the Consent Agreement attached hereto as 

Exhibit A and enter judgment in therewith;

2. That CSPA’s claims, as set forth in the Clean Water Act Notice Letters and 

Complaint, be dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). 

The Parties respectfully request an order from this Court dismissing such claims with prejudice. 

In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Consent Agreement, the Parties also request 

that this Court retain and have jurisdiction over the CSPA and Defendants NORTHERN 

RECYCLING & WASTE SERVICES and DOUGLAS SPEICHER through the full term of the 

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Consent Agreement, for the sole purpose of resolving any disputes between the Parties with 

respect to enforcement of any provision of the Consent Agreement. 

DATED: July 15, 2015 JACKSON & TUERCK

/s/ Robert J. Tuerck

Robert J. Tuerck

Attorney for Plaintiff

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION 

ALLIANCE

DATED: July 15, 2015 BRADY & VINDING

/s/ __Michael Brady______

MICHAEL BRADY

Attorneys for Defendants NORTHERN 

RECYCLING & WASTE SERVICES and 

DOUGLAS SPEICHER

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

WHEREAS, the Parties have consented to entry of the foregoing Consent Agreement 

and requested the Court’s approval and entry thereof; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1365(c)(3), the Parties submitted the Consent 

Agreement to the United States Attorney General and the Administrator of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency and the 45-day review period has been completed without 

objection by the agencies;

WHEREAS, the Court has reviewed the Consent Agreement and fully considered the 

Parties’ request to enter this Consent Agreement as an order; and

WHEREAS, the Court finds the Consent Agreement to be: (1) fair, adequate and 

reasonable; (2) consistent with applicable laws; and (3) protective of the public interest; and 

WHEREAS, good cause appearing therefore,

1. THIS CONSENT AGREEMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED AND JUDGMENT 

IS ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH;

2. Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection Alliance’s claims against Defendants 

NORTHERN RECYCLING & WASTE SERVICES and DOUGLAS SPEICHER, as set forth in 

the Clean Water Act Notice Letters and Complaint filed in Case No. 

2:14−CV−01601−GEB−CKD, are hereby dismissed with prejudice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court shall retain and have jurisdiction over the 

Parties with respect to disputes arising under the Consent Agreement attached to the Parties’ 

Stipulation to Approve Consent Agreement and Dismiss as Exhibit A. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. UNITED STATES DISTRCIT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT COURT OF CALIFORNIA

Dated: July 16, 2015

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