In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation

Filing 4543

NOTICE of Settlement . Document filed by Atlantic Richfield Company, Inc., BP Products North America, Inc., BP West Coast LLC (Doe 3). (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C)Filed In Associated Cases: 1:00-cv-01898-VSB, 1:04-cv-04968-VSB(Heartney, Matthew)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
(“MTBE”) Products Liability Litigation

MDL NO. 1358 (VSB)
Master File No. 1:00-1898
DEFENDANTS ATLANTIC
RICHFIED COMPANY’S, BP
WEST COAST PRODUCTS
LLC’S, AND BP PRODUCTS
NORTH AMERICA INC.’S
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

This Document Relates To:
Orange County Water District v. Unocal
Corp., et al., No. 04 Civ. 4968 (VSB)

DEFENDANTS ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY’S, BP WEST COAST
PRODUCTS LLC’S, AND BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC.’S
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Defendants Atlantic Richfield Company,
BP West Coast Products LLC, and BP Products North America Inc. (collectively,
“BP”) have settled all disputes with plaintiff Orange County Water District
(“OCWD”), and have filed a Notice of Motion for Order Determining Good Faith
Settlement. The Motion will be heard on Monday, February 25, 2019, at 1:30 p.m.
in Courtroom 7C of the Central District of California, located at 350 W. 1st Street,
Los Angeles, California, 90012.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit A are the Notice of Motion and Memorandum of
Points and Authorities filed with the Central District of California on January 23,
2019; Exhibit B is the Declaration of Matthew T. Heartney filed in support of the
Motion, with the Settlement Agreement attached as Exhibit 1 thereto; and Exhibit
C is the Proposed Order filed therewith.

Respectfully submitted,
Dated: January 23, 2019

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE
SCHOLER LLC

By: /s/ Matthew T. Heartney
Matthew T. Heartney
Attorneys for Defendants
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD
COMPANY, BP WEST COAST
PRODUCTS LLC, BP PRODUCTS
NORTH AMERICA INC.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned counsel for BP hereby certifies that a true and correct copy
of the foregoing document was served electronically through the CM-ECF
(electronic case filing) system to all counsel of record to those registered to receive
a Notice of Electronic Filing for this case on January 23, 2019.

/s/ Matthew T. Heartney
Matthew T. Heartney

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