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Case 1:08-cv-00250-RLB

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State of New Jersey
J O N S . C O R ZIN E
Governor

O F F IC E O F T H E A T T O R N E Y G E N E R A L D E P A R TM E N T O F L A W A N D P U B L IC S A F E T Y D IV IS IO N O F L A W 25 MARKET STREET PO BOX 093 TRENTON, NJ 08625-0093

A N N E M IL G R A M
Attorney General

R O B E R T J . G IL S O N
Director

May 14, 2008

VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Honorable Ronald L. Buckwalter, Senior Judge United States District Court for the Eastern Pennsylvania U.S. Courthouse 601 Market Street, Room #14614 Philadelphia, PA 19106-1724 Care of Brian Blackwell Lock Box 18 844 North King Street Wilmington Delaware 19801 Re:

District

of

W.R. Grace, et al., v. Bradley Campbell, et al Bankruptcy Case No. 01-01139 Adversary No. 05-52724 (JKF) Appeal No. 08-250

Dear Judge Buckwalter: Please accept this letter on behalf of the State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, requesting a four week extension of the due date of the State's appellate brief, now due on Monday, May 19, 2008. I have requested such an extension from our adversaries and they have graciously agreed to it. Aside from several other reasons, there has been an offer of settlement that is being entertained by this office but no settlement has been reached yet. With the understaffed condition of this office, it would be a shame to use valuable scarce legal resources if this were to be settled and the appeal withdrawn. I

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May 14, 2008 Page 2 am therefore requesting an extension from May 19 to June 19, 2008, for the submission of the State's brief. I thank Your Honor for your consideration in this matter.

Respectfully submitted, ANNE MILGRAM ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY

By:

/S/Rachel Jeanne Lehr Rachel Jeanne Lehr Deputy Attorney General

/S/ Stuart B. Drowos Stuart B. Drowos (Bar 427) Deputy Attorney General Division of Revenue Department of Finance Carvel State Building 820 North French Street, 8th Floor Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Local Counsel for State of New Jersey

c: James E. O' Neill, Esq. Janet Baer, Esq. Laura Davis Jones, Esq.