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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 First Request for Entry onto Designated 

Property (“Dry Weather Request”) to Defendant A.L. Gilbert Company (“Defendant”); 

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

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 Dry 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 Dry Weather Request; 

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

issues concerning CSPA’s Dry Weather Request; 

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

consensus as to terms and conditions for CSPA’s Dry Weather Inspection of the Facility; 

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

order that CSPA may conduct an inspection of the Facility during dry weather as follows: 

Date and Duration of Inspection 

1. CSPA shall conduct a Dry Weather Inspection on October 22, 2015, which shall 

begin no later than 10:00 a.m. 

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

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

Weather Inspection who will be accompanied by Defendant’s representatives 

during the inspection. 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. 

4. CSPA will notify Defendant of the individual representatives that will attend the 

Dry Weather Inspection at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the inspection. 

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

instructions provided to them during the inspection. 

Scope of Inspection 

6. CSPA’s inspection shall include all outdoor areas of potential storm water 

pollution, including, but not limited to the following: 

a. Areas related to feed product manufacturing and processing, if any; 

shipping and receiving areas; equipment and vehicle maintenance, 

cleaning, fueling, and storage areas; areas used to unload raw materials; 

areas used to load finished products; liquid feed, fat, and molasses tanks, if 

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

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and scrap storage, if any; boiler operations, truck washing station, and onsite 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; 

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. 

7. Indoor areas may be viewed but not entered. 

8. Both parties will be permitted to take photograph(s) and/or video(s) during the Dry 

Weather Inspection. However, CSPA shall not photograph or videotape 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. 

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

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

10. CSPA will be permitted to collect samples of non-storm water discharges that are 

observed during the Dry Weather Inspection. CSPA shall provide Defendant’s 

representatives with split samples of any non-storm water discharge samples 

collected during the Dry Weather Inspection, if feasible and requested. Defendant 

will provide its own sampling equipment, preservative, and/or chain of custody 

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forms. At least seventy two (72) hours prior to the Dry 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 shall have sufficient time to 

have equipment on hand to take samples along with CSPA during the inspection. 

11. In the event there is a rain event sufficient to generate storm water discharges from 

the facility during the Dry Weather Inspection, CSPA will be permitted to collect 

storm water samples from all discharge points during the Dry Weather Inspection. 

CSPA shall provide Defendant’s representatives with split samples of any storm 

water discharge samples collected during the Dry Weather Inspection, if feasible 

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

and/or chain of custody forms. At least seventy two (72) hours prior to the Dry 

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 

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 the Dry 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 Dry Weather Inspection. 

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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