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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SIERRA CLUB,

Plaintiff,

v.

LEHIGH SOUTHWEST CEMENT 

COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

LEHIGH SOUTHWEST CEMENT 

COMPANY, et al.,

 Defendants.

Case No. 5:11-cv-06392-HRL

Case No. 5:15-cv-01896-HRL

ORDER RE STIPULATION TO AMEND

CONSENT DECREE

On March 10, 2015 in Case No. C11-06392 HRL Sierra Club v. Lehigh Southwest Cement 

Co., et al., the parties filed a fifth stipulation to amend the consent decree entered in that case. 

(Dkt. 103). The parties requested that this court refrain from ruling on that matter until after the 

United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) indicates that it has no objection. This court has not 

been apprised whether or not the USDOJ objects to the parties’ stipulated amendment, and so that 

request remains pending.

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Meanwhile, the federal and state governments sued the same defendants in Case No. C15-

01896 HRL United States of America, et al. v. Lehigh Southwest Cement Co., et al. and advised 

that the matter was related to the Sierra Club case. The parties to the second action have 

stipulated to the entry of a consent decree. After both lawsuits were related, the government’s 

unopposed motion for entry of the proposed consent decree was re-noticed for hearing on this

court’s November 3, 2015 calendar.

No later than October 26, 2015, the parties to the Sierra Club action shall file a joint

statement (no more than 5 pages) (1) explaining how (if at all) the pending motion for entry of a 

consent decree in Case No. C15-01896 impacts the parties’ fifth stipulation to amend the consent 

decree in Case No. C11-06392; and (2) advising as to any other matter that may facilitate a just

and efficient disposition of that stipulated request. To the extent the parties in Case No. C15-

01896 also wish to file a response to this order, they shall do so via a joint statement (no more than 

5 pages) by October 26, 2015.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 19, 2015

________________________

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

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5:11-cv-06392-HRL Notice has been electronically mailed to:

George E. Hays georgehays@mindspring.com

Judith B. Harvey judith.harvey@usdoj.gov

Nicole Elizabeth Granquist ngranquist@downeybrand.com, bbrasher@downeybrand.com, 

courtfilings@downeybrand.com, owright@downeybrand.com

Reed Zars reed@zarslaw.com, reedzars@gmail.com

5:15-cv-01896-HRL Notice has been electronically mailed to:

Deborah Anne Gitin Deborah.Gitin@usdoj.gov, blake.ellen@epa.gov, 

efile_ees.enrd@usdoj.gov, Victoria.Reeder@usdoj.gov

Marc Nathaniel Melnick marc.melnick@doj.ca.gov, ida.martinac@doj.ca.gov

Michael Thomas Pyle michael.t.pyle@usdoj.gov, mimi.lam@usdoj.gov

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