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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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JOINT NOTICE OF STIPULATED EXTENSION OF CONSENT DECREE DEADLINE

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JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

MARTHA C. MANN

U.S. Department of Justice

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044

Tel: (202) 514-2664

Fax: (202) 514-8865

Email: martha.mann@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Gina McCarthy,

Administrator, United States 

Environmental Protection Agency

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SIERRA CLUB and NATURAL RESOURCES 

DEFENSE COUNCIL,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GINA MCCARTHY, in her official capacity as 

Administrator of the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency, 

Defendant.

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JOINT NOTICE OF STIPULATED 

EXTENSION OF CONSENT DECREE 

DEADLINE

Pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the Consent Decree entered by this Court on March 2, 2015 (ECF 

No. 163), Plaintiffs Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council and Defendant Gina 

McCarthy, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) hereby 

notify the Court of a stipulation by Plaintiffs and EPA to extend one of the deadlines for EPA to take 

action to promulgate area designations under the consent decree with respect to certain areas 

specified infra.

Under the Consent Decree, no later than July 2, 2016, EPA is required to sign for publication

a notice of EPA’s promulgation of area designations for the 2010 revised primary Sulfur Dioxide 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Susan Illston

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(“SO2”) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) pursuant to section 107(d) of the Clean 

Air Act, and within ten (10) business days following such signature deliver the notice to the Office 

of the Federal Register for review and prompt publication, for undesignated areas of the country 

which:

(a) based on air quality monitoring in the three (3) full calendar years preceding

such deadline have monitored violations of the 2010 revised primary SO2

NAAQS; or

(b) contain any stationary source that has not been “announced for retirement”

pursuant to subparagraph (c) by the date of [the] Consent Decree, and that,

according to the data in EPA’s Air Markets Database, either (1) emitted more

than 16,000 tons of SO2 in 2012, or (2) emitted more than 2,600 tons of SO2 and

had an annual average emission rate of 0.45 lbs SO2/Mmbtu or higher in 2012;

where

(c) “announced for retirement” means any stationary source in the United States

with a coal-fired unit that as of January 1, 2010, had a capacity of over five (5)

megawatts (MW) and that has announced that it will cease burning coal at that

unit through a company public announcement, public utilities commission

filing, consent decree, public legal settlement, final state or federal permit filing,

or other similar means of communication.

ECF No. 163 ¶ 1.

Pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the Consent Decree, Plaintiffs and EPA have agreed to a brief 60-

day extension, until August 31, 2016, for the following five areas subject to the July 2, 2016 

deadline and which were identified in EPA’s proposed action entitled “EPA Responses to Certain 

State Designation Recommendations for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard: Notice of Availability and Public Comment Period,” 81 Fed. Reg. 10,563 (Mar. 1, 2016)

at Docket ID Nos. EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0464-0141, -0142, -0143 and -0144 as:

(1) EPA’s intended “Freestone County Area” in Freestone-Anderson Counties, Texas;

(2) EPA’s intended “Milam County Area” in Milam County, Texas;

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(3) EPA’s intended “Muskogee County Area” in Muskogee County, Oklahoma;

(4) EPA’s intended “Rusk County Area” in Rusk-Gregg-Panola Counties, Texas; and

(5) EPA’s intended “Titus County Area” in Titus County, Texas.

EPA will take the required action for all other areas subject to the July 2, 2016 deadline by 

that date.

Dated: June 17, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Nicholas Morales 

Nicholas Morales, Admitted Pro Hac Vice

David S. Baron, Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

Earthjustice

1625 Massachusetts Ave, STE 702

Washington, DC 20036

nmorales@earthjustice.org, dbaron@earthjustice.org 

Tel: 202-667-4500/Fax: 202-667-2356

Paul R. Cort, State Bar No. 184336

Earthjustice

50 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

pcort@earthjustice.org 

Tel: 415-217-2000/Fax: 415-217-2040

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sierra Club 

and Natural Resources Defense Council

Zachary M. Fabish, State Bar No. 247535

The Sierra Club

50 F Street, NW - 8th Floor

Washington, DC 20001

zachary.fabish@sierraclub.org

Tel: 202-675-7917/Fax: 202-547-6009

Attorney for Plaintiff Sierra Club

John C. Cruden

Assistant Attorney General

/s/ Martha C. Mann

Martha C. Mann

Environment and Natural Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O Box 7611

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Washington, DC 20044

Tel: (202) 514-2664

Fax: (202) 514-8865

martha.mann@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Administrator McCarthy

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 17th day of June, 2016, a true and correct copy of the foregoing 

document was filed electronically with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the 

foregoing document is being served on all counsel of record via transmission of Notices of 

Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF.

/s/ Martha C. Mann

Martha C. Mann

United States Department of Justice

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