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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 been attempting to
resolve a minor issue regarding the release language in the settlement agreement. The Government expects that the parties
will be able to resolve the issue at the beginning of January 2008. The Government anticipates that, once that issue is
resolved, the parties will promptly execute the settlement agreement and stipulation of dismissal. Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director
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s/Steven J. Gillingham by PMM 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 December 21, 2007
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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on this 26th day of December 2007, 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