Sunset Commercial LLC v. Montrose Chemical Corporation of California

Opinion

Richard J. Angell, Nevada Bar ID No. 9339 Ashley C. Nikkel, Nevada Bar ID No. 12838 PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 750 Reno, NV 89501 Telephone: 775.323.1601 Facsimile: 775.348.7250 rangell@parsonsbehle.com anikkel@parsonsbehle.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Sunset Commercial LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA SUNSET COMMERCIAL LLC, a Nevada Case No. 2:23-CV-02081-GMN-BNW Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff, vs. STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR PARTIES TO FILE DISCOVERY B CA orY poE rR at iC oR n;O MP OSC NI TE RN OC SE E, I CN HC E., M a IN Ce Aw L Y ork PLAN AND SCHEDULING ORDER

CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, a Delaware Corporation; ATLANTIC (Second Request) RICHFIELD COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; OLIN CORPORATION, a V COirg Ri Pni Oa RC Ao Trp Io Or Nat ,i o an D, T elI aT wA aN reI U CM or pM orE aT tioA nL ; S NL INDUSTRIES, INC., a New Jersey Corporation; LE PETOMANE XXVII, INC., an Illinois Corporation, in its representative capacity as the NEVADA ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE TRUST TRUSTEE; and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Defendants. Plaintiff Sunset Commercial LLC (“Sunset” or “Plaintiff”), Defendant Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Defendant Atlantic Richfield Company, Defendant Titanium Metals Corporation, Defendant Olin Corporation, Defendant Le Petomane XXVII, Inc., solely in its capacity as trustee of the Nevada Environmental Response Trust, and Defendant United States of America, by and through counsel of record, and consistent with LR IA 6-1(a), hereby stipulate for this Court to extend the time within which the parties must file a Rule 26(f) Discovery Plan and Proposed Scheduling Order (the “Rule 26 Filing”) through and including August 15, 2024. Sunset and all Defendants have agreed to stipulate to the extension.1 This is the second requested extension of this deadline and is made in good faith and not for purposes of delay. See LR IA 6-1(a). Sunset seeks to abide by this Court’s “Standing Order” filed on December 19, 2023 (Docket Entry No. 9), stating that “Judge Navarro will generally deny a stipulation or motion for a continuance or extension of time which lacks justification,” and that “[s]uch requests may be granted only in extraordinary circumstances if just cause is presented.” Sunset therefore identifies the following points of justification that show just cause exists for granting the Motion: 1. Sunset filed the instant Complaint against the eight (8) Defendants captioned above on December 14, 2023, seeking judgment against all Defendants for contribution damages “for response costs in accordance with CERCLA Section[] 107(a),” (see Complaint “Prayer for Relief” ¶ 1), meaning at least a portion of the Complaint’s allegations (and especially its first two Claims for Relief) necessitate proceeding against all Defendants together, rather than serially (see Compl. ¶¶ 154–78); 2. Since then, all Defendants have filed an answer and/or responsive pleading; 3. On May 13, 2024, Defendant USA filed a Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint (ECF No. 64), which Defendant Atlantic Richfield Company joined (ECF No. 65) along with other Defendants have joined; 4. Given the piecemeal appearances, answers, and motions to dismiss, along with attempts to explore whether this case can be resolved without further proceedings, the parties have not yet conducted a Rule 26(f) conference as set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;

1 Counsel for Defendant Montrose Chemical Corporation of California agreed to the extended date in principle but did not respond to the request for signature on this stipulation in time 5. Several parties have exchanged settlement proposals and need more time to evaluate the proposals and continue discussions; 6. The parties believe it would be fair and most efficient to avoid proceeding with a discovery conference, preparing for initial disclosures, and filing a Discovery Plan and Proposed Scheduling Order and instead focus on exploring the potential for resolving this case without further proceedings, which would, in turn, preserve judicial and party resources; and 7. Discovery has not yet commenced in this case and extending the deadline to submit a Discovery Plan and Proposed Scheduling Order would not prejudice any other party to this case, nor would it affect any other deadlines at this early stage in the proceedings. DATED: June 12, 2024. DATED: June 12, 2024.

PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

By: /s/ Ashley C. Nikkel By: /s/ Brandon N. Adkins Richard J. Angell, Nevada Bar ID 9339 Todd Kim, Assistant Attorney General Ashley C. Nikkel, Nevada Bar No. 12838 Brandon N. Adkins, Senior Trial Counsel 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 750 Rachel D. Martinez, Trial Attorney Reno, NV 89501 Environmental & Natural Resources Div. rangell@parsonsbehle.com P.O. Box 7611 anikkel@parsonsbehle.com Washington, DC 20044 Brandon.Adkins@usdoj.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff Rachel.Martinez@usdoj.gov Sunset Commercial LLC Jason M. Frierson, Nevada Bar ID 7709 United States Attorney, Dist. Of Nevada Lindsay Ager, Nevada Bar ID 11985 Assistant United States Attorney 501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 1100 Las Vegas, NV 89101 Lindsay.Ager@usdog.gov Attorneys for United States of America

/ / / DATED: June 12, 2024. DATED: June 12, 2024.

By: /s/ Jonathan W. Rauchway By: /s/ John D. Edgcomb Jonathan W. Rauchway (pro hac vice) John D. Edgcomb (pro hac vice) Adam S. Cohen (pro hac vice) 591 Redwood Highway, Suite 2320 Aditi Kulkarni-Night (pro hac vice) Mill Valley, CA 94941 Cormac M. Bloomfield (pro hac vice) jedgcomb@edgcomb-law.com 1550 17th Street, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80202 Ryan J. Works, Nevada Bar ID 9224 jon.rauchway@dgslaw.com John A. Fortin, Nevada Bar ID 15221 adam.cohen@dgslaw.com McDONALD CARANO LLP aditi.kulkarni@dgslaw.com 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 1200 Las Vegas, NV 89102 cormac.bloomfield@dgslaw.com rworks@mcdonaldcarano.com jfortin@mcdonaldcarano.com Robert A. Dotson, Nevada Bar ID 5285 Daniel T. Hayward, Nevada Bar ID 5986 Gabriel J. Padilla (pro hac vice) DOTSON LAW EDGCOMB LAW GROUP, LLP 5355 Reno Corporate Dr., Ste. 100 2102 Business Center Dr., Suite 130 #651 Reno, NV 89511 Irvine, CA 92612 gpadilla@edgcomb-law.com rdotson@dotsonlaw.legal

dhayward@dotsonlaw.legal Attorneys for Defendant Bayer CropScience, Inc. Attorneys for Defendant Atlantic Richfield Company DATED: June 12, 2024. DATED: June 12, 2024.

McGUIRE WOODS LLP LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP By: /s/ Robert F. Redmond Robert F. Redmond (pro hac vice) By: /s/ J. Christopher Jorgensen Matthew D. Fender (pro hac vice) J. Christopher Jorgensen Carson R. Bartlett (pro hac vice) Dibora L. Berhanu 800 East Canal Street 3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Ste. 600 Richmond, VA 23219 Las Vegas, NV 89169 rredmond@mcguirewoods.com cjorgensen@lewisroca.com mfender@mcquirewoods.com dberhanu@lewisroca.com cbartlett@mcguirewoods.com Attorneys for Defendant Joseph G. Went, Nevada Bar ID 9220 Titanium Metals Corporation Sydney R. Gambee, Nevada Bar ID 14201 9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor Las Vegas, NV 89134 jgwent@hollandhart.com srgambee@hollandhart.com Attorneys for Defendant 1 ] DATED: June 12, 2024. 2 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 4 By: 4/Eric L. Maassen Eric L. Maassen (pro hac vice) 5 Tanya C. O’Neill (pro hac vice) 777 E. Wisconsin Ave. 6 Milwaukee, WI 53202 emaassen@foley.com 7 toneill@foley.com 8 James J. Pisanelli, Nevada Bar ID 4027 M. Magali Mercera, Nevada Bar ID 11742 400 South 7" St., Suite 300 10 Las Vegas, NV 89101 JJP@pisanellibice.com 11 MMM@pisanellibice.com 12 Attorneys for Defendant 13 Le Petomane XXVIF Inc., an Ulinois Corporation, in its representative capacity as 14 ! trustee of the Nevada Environmental Response Trust 15 16 17 20 21 gu lee WER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 22 3 Dated: _ 6/13/2024 24 25 26 27 28 PARSONS BEHLE &