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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________) KAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA,

No. 06-cv-00934 L Judge Francis M. Allegra

DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF FILING STATUS REPORT DESCRIBING RECORD RETENTION ORDER COMPLIANCE MONITORING MECHANISMS Pursuant to Paragraph 4 of this Court's record retention order dated October 24, 2007 ("RRO"), Defendant submits its status report describing the steps that have been taken, and the plans and procedures that are being formulated and implemented, for complying with the record preservation requirements of the RRO. This status report consists of the declarations (with attachments) of officials or employees of the following agencies that have been determined to be the most likely to have the "documents, data, and tangible things," that are believed to be relevant to the Plaintiff's claims in this case:1/ the United States Department of the Interior, the United States Department of the Treasury, Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Archives and Records Administration. The Interior Department will continue working on its plans and procedures for complying with the record preservation requirements of the RRO and submit supplemental status reports to the Court, as appropriate. Also, the other agencies will continue reviewing their

Counsel for both parties have discussed generally an approach in conducting discovery to enable Plaintiff to identify and describe the specific claims that it intends to pursue in the pending litigation; without such information the government cannot presently specify its defenses to these claims. Plaintiff alleges, generally, that the government has failed to adequately exercise its fiduciary obligations relative to the assets of the Tribe which it has managed.

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compliance plans and procedures and file additional status reports, as needed. Dated: December 26, 2007 Respectfully submitted, RONALD J. TENPAS Assistant Attorney General Environment and Natural Resources Division

s/ Terry M. Petrie TERRY M. PETRIE Environment and Natural Resources Division United States` Department of Justice 1961 Stout Street, 8th Floor Denver, CO 80294 Tel: (303) 844-1369 Fax: (303) 844-1350 [email protected] Attorney of Record for Defendant OF COUNSEL: ANTHONY P. HOANG United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division P.O. Box 663 Washington, D.C. 20044-0663 Tel: (202) 305-0241 Fax: (202) 353-2021 [email protected] SHANI WALKER Office of the Solicitor United States Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20240 TERESA E. DAWSON Office of the Chief Counsel Financial Management Service United States Department of the Treasury Washington, D.C. 20227

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF FILING STATUS REPORT DESCRIBING RECORD RETENTION ORDER COMPLIANCE MONITORING MECHANISMS was served on December 26, 2007, by Electronic Case Filing, on the following counsel:

Kennis Monte Bellmard, II Andrews Davis, P.C. 100 North Broadway Suite 3300 Oklahoma City, OK 73012 Counsel for Plaintiff

s/ Terry M. Petrie TERRY M. PETRIE