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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:7413(b) Clean Air Act

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CHERYL A. LUKE

Environmental Enforcement Section

Environment and Natural Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611

Washington, DC 20044-7611

Tel. (202) 514-5466

Fax (202) 616-2427

Virginia State Bar # 26331

E-mail: cheryl.luke@usdoj.gov

MELINDA HAAG

United States Attorney

JOANN SWANSON

Chief, Civil Division

Office of United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Ave., 11th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102

Tel. (415)436-7200

DAVINA PUJARI (SBN 183407)

CHRISTOPHER D. JENSEN (SBN 235108)

Stice & Block LLP

2335 Broadway, Suite 201

Oakland, CA 94162

Tel. (510) 735-0030

Fax (510) 735-0040

Email; dpujari@sticeblock.com; cjensen@sticeblock.com 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

 v. 

COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING, INC.,

Defendant.

Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-00471-EMC 

JOINT STIPULATION TO TERMINATE 

CONSENT DECREE

COME NOW the Parties to this action, the United States of America, and Columbus 

Manufacturing, Inc. (CMI) and file this Joint Stipulation To Terminate the Consent Decree 

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entered by this Court on March 14, 2012. Pursuant to the Consent Decree at Section XVII, 

Paragraph 75, CMI submitted a Request for Termination of the Consent Decree on January 5, 

2015. Pursuant to the Consent Decree at Section XVII, Paragraph 76, the United States and CMI 

have conferred and have determined that CMI has completed all the requirements of this Consent 

Decree. Thus, the Parties are submitting for the Court’s approval this joint stipulation 

terminating the Decree pursuant to Paragraph 76 of the Consent Decree. 

The parties submit to the Court that CMI has completed the requirements of Section V 

(Injunctive Relief) of the Decree, has maintained satisfactory compliance with the 

Consent Decree for a period of six months following completion of the third-party audits, has 

paid the civil penalties required of Section IV of the Decree, and has otherwise satisfactorily 

complied with the requirements for termination of the Consent Decree. The parties request entry 

of the attached proposed Order approving this Joint Stipulation To Terminate Consent Decree. 

The parties will be executing separate signature pages for this Joint Stipulation. 

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THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES enter into this Joint Stipulation To Terminate Consent 

Decree in the Matter of United States of America v. Columbus Manufacturing, Inc., Civil Action 

No. 3:12-cv-00471-EMC (N.D. Cal.).

FOR PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

/s/Cheryl A. Luke

CHERYL A. LUKE 

Environmental Enforcement Section

Environment and Natural Resources

 Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611

Phone 202.514.5466

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THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES enter into this Joint Stipulation To Terminate Consent 

Decree in the Matter of United States of America v. Columbus Manufacturing, Inc., Civil Action 

No. 3:12-cv-00471-EMC (N.D. Cal.).

FOR DEFENDANT COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING, INC.

/s/Davina Pujari

DAVINA PUJARI

Stice & Block LLP

2335 Broadway, Suite 201

Oakland, CA 94162

Tel. (510) 735-0030

Fax (510) 735-0040

Email; dpujari@sticeblock.com; cjensen@sticeblock.com 

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CHERYL A. LUKE

Environmental Enforcement Section

Environment and Natural Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611

Washington, DC 20044-7611

Tel. (202) 514-5466

Fax (202) 616-2427

Virginia State Bar # 26331

E-mail: cheryl.luke@usdoj.gov

MELINDA HAAG

United States Attorney

JOANN SWANSON

Chief, Civil Division

Office of United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Ave., 11th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102

Tel. (415)436-7200

DAVINA PUJARI (SBN 183407)

CHRISTOPHER D. JENSEN (SBN 235108)

Stice & Block LLP

2335 Broadway, Suite 201

Oakland, CA 94162

Tel. (510) 735-0030

Fax (510) 735-0040

Email; dpujari@sticeblock.com; cjensen@sticeblock.com 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

 v. 

COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING, INC.,

Defendant.

Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-00471-EMC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TERMINATING 

CONSENT DECREE

The Court having read the Joint Stipulation to Terminate the Consent Decree entered by 

the Court on March 14, 2012, and the Court being advised that the Defendant has met all 

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obligations under the Decree, it is hereby 

ORDERED:

That the Consent Decree in this matter is now TERMINATED, and there being no further 

outstanding issues between the parties, the litigation is hereby DISMISSED with prejudice.

DONE AND ORDERED this ___day of ___________, 2015.

__________________________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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13th February

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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