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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS OAK ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 06-113C (Judge Horn)

STATUS REPORT Defendant, the United States, respectfully submits this status report updating the Court regarding the status of settlement in the above captioned case. As previously noted, the internal Government settlement memorandum has now been approved by the authorized representative of the Attorney General. The parties have not yet resolved the

outstanding issue that has prevented the settlement agreement from being executed. Undersigned counsel is awaiting certain

information that must be provided by the agency before the issue can be resolved. On January 9, 2007, the agency confirmed that The Government

it will provide the information shortly.

anticipates that, once it has received the necessary information, the issue will be resolved expeditiously, and that a stipulation of dismissal thereafter will be promptly filed. Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General

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JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director s/Steven J. Gillingham STEVEN J. GILLINGHAM Assistant Director

s/Richard P. Schroeder RICHARD P. SCHROEDER Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit Eighth Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 305-7562 Attorneys for Defendant January 9, 2008

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on this 9th day of January 2008, a copy of the foregoing "DEFENDANT'S STATUS REPORT" was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system. s/Richard P. Schroeder