ations); United States.. Maine Dep't of Transp., 980 F.Supp. 546, 549 (D.Me. 1997)(noting that intervenors participated in settlement discussions); Buchet ITT Consumer Fin. Corp., 845 F.Supp. 684, 690-91 (D.Minn.), amended 858 F.Supp. 944 (D.Minn.1994)(intervention allowed so that intervenor could pa