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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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Southern Cal. Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works, et al. v. U.S. EPA, et al., Case No: 2:14-cv-01513 MCE-DAD 1 

EPA DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO DISPENSE WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF FILING A STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED 

FACTS AND ORDER 

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

CHI SOO KIM 

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2700 

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

 

Attorneys for the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency and Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF 

PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS, 

and CENTRAL VALLEY CLEAN WATER 

ASSOCIATION, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY; JARED 

BLUMENFELD, REGIONAL 

ADMINISTRATOR, UNITED STATES 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY, REGION IX; and DOES 1 to 

10, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:14-cv-01513 MCE-DAD 

EPA DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST FOR 

PERMISSION TO DISPENSE WITH THE 

REQUIREMENT OF FILING A STATEMENT 

OF UNDISPUTED FACTS AND ORDER 

The Court recently granted Plaintiffs’ unopposed Request for Permission to Dispense with 

Requirement of Filing Statement of Undisputed Facts. [Docket 27] Defendants United States 

Environmental Protection Agency and Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld (collectively, “EPA”), 

through their respective attorneys, hereby respectfully submit their Request for Permission to Dispense 

with the Requirement of Filing a Statement of Undisputed Facts as required under Eastern District Local 

Rule 260(a) because this Court’s review of Plaintiffs’ Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) claim is 

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Southern Cal. Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works, et al. v. U.S. EPA, et al., Case No: 2:14-cv-01513 MCE-DAD 2 

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limited to the administrative record. “[R]equests to dispense with the requirement of filing a statement 

of [undisputed] facts are routinely granted in this District” because “[i]n APA cases, statements [of 

undisputed facts] are generally redundant because all relevant facts are contained in the agency’s 

administrative record.” San Joaquin River Group. Auth. v. Nat’l Marine Fisheries Serv., 819 F. Supp. 2d 

1077, 1084 (E.D. Cal. 2011). Accordingly, EPA requests that the Court permit EPA to dispense with 

Local Rule 260(a)’s requirement of filing a Statement of Undisputed Facts when they file their CrossMotion for Summary Judgment on December 17, 2014. 

Dated: November 21, 2014 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

/s/ Chi Soo Kim 

CHI SOO KIM

Assistant United States Attorney 

 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 25, 2014 

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