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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:7604 Clear Air Act (Emission Standards)

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Stipulation to Amend Consent Decree Deadline

and [Proposed] Order Thereon Case No. 09-cv-01890 CW

IGNACIA S. MORENO

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

ROCHELLE L. RUSSELL (Cal. Bar No. 244992)

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Environmental Defense Section

301 Howard Street, Suite 1050

San Francisco, CA 94105

Tel: (415) 744-6566

Fax: (415) 744-6476

Email: rochelle.russell@usdoj.gov

Counsel for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ASSOCIATION OF IRRITATED

RESIDENTS, an unincorporated association,

Plaintiff, 

v.

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 09-cv-01890 CW

STIPULATION TO AMEND

CONSENT DECREE DEADLINE

AND 

ORDER THEREON

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s complaint in this matter alleges that Defendants United States

Environmental Protection Agency et al. (collectively, “EPA”) failed to act within the time lines

set forth in section 110(k)(2) of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), 42 U.S.C. § 7410(k)(2), on the

following two state implementation plan revisions (“SIP revisions”) adopted by the San Joaquin

Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (“District”) on September 21, 2006 and submitted

by the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) to EPA for review on December 29, 2006: (1)

Rule 2020, which provides for exemptions from District permitting requirements, including

those enumerated in Rule 2201; and (2) Rule 2201, which is a permitting rule that regulates

pollutants including NOx and VOC emissions by requiring new sources in the District to use

Best Available Control Technology and to purchase emission reduction credits; 

WHEREAS, CARB’s December 29, 2006 SIP submittal to EPA includes Rule 2020 in its

entirety and as amended by the District on September 21, 2006, and only one revised paragraph

of Rule 2201 (Paragraph 4.6.9) as amended by the District on September 21, 2006;

WHEREAS, on behalf of the District, on March 7, 2008, CARB submitted to EPA for

review under section 110(k) of the CAA an amended Rule 2020 that carries forward the

amendment to Rule 2020 as submitted on December 29, 2006 and also includes other, more

recently adopted, amendments; 

WHEREAS, on behalf of the District, on March 17, 2009, CARB submitted to EPA for

review under section 110(k) of the CAA an amended Rule 2201 as a whole, including Paragraph

4.6.9 as submitted on December 29, 2006, and also including more recently adopted

amendments;

WHEREAS, the Consent Decree entered by this Court on December 30, 2009, Dkt. 20, 

requires EPA to sign for publication in the Federal Register a notice of the Agency’s final action 

on Rule 2020 and Paragraph 4.6.9 of Rule 2201 by March 15, 2010, pursuant to section 110(k)

of the CAA;

WHEREAS, the Consent Decree also provides that EPA’s final action on the March 2008

and March 2009 submissions of Rules 2020 and 2201, respectively, shall discharge the

aforementioned final action obligation so long as such EPA final action includes action on the

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substantive amendments to Rules 2020 and 2201 submitted on December 29, 2006;

WHEREAS, on January 29, 2010, EPA published a proposed rule, 75 Fed. Reg. 4,745

(Jan. 29, 2010), in which EPA proposed a limited approval and limited disapproval action on

Rule 2020, as submitted on March 7, 2008, and on Rule 2201, as submitted on March 17, 2009; 

WHEREAS, the public comment period for the proposed rule closed on March 1, 2010;

WHEREAS, in light of the public comments received in response to EPA’s proposed

rule, the parties have stipulated to amend the Consent Decree to allow EPA additional time to

take final action on Rules 2020 and 2201;

WHEREAS, the EPA Regional Administrator has committed to meeting with Plaintiff

before April 12, 2010 to discuss the proposed rule; 

WHEREAS, Paragraph 4 of the Consent Decree authorizes the parties to extend this final

action deadline via written stipulation;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby

stipulate to amend Paragraph 1 of the Consent Decree by replacing it with the following:

1. EPA shall sign for publication in the Federal Register no later than April 12, 2010

a notice of the Agency’s final action on Rule 2020 and the portion of Rule 2201

(i.e., Paragraph 4.6.9) submitted to EPA for review on December 29, 2006,

pursuant to section 110(k) of the CAA. Once signed, EPA shall deliver the notice

to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. 

FOR THE DEFENDANTS:

IGNACIA S. MORENO

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Dated: March 12, 2010 /s/ Rochelle L. Russell 

ROCHELLE L. RUSSELL

United States Department of Justice

Environmental Defense Section

301 Howard Street, Suite 1050

San Francisco, CA 94105

(415) 744-6566

rochelle.russell@usdoj.gov

Attorney for Defendants

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FOR THE PLAINTIFFS:

Dated: March 12, 2010 /s/ Alegría De La Cruz (with permission) 

BRENT NEWELL

ALEGRÍA DE LA CRUZ

Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment

47 Kearny Street, Suite 804

San Francisco, CA 94108

(415) 346-4179

bnewell@crpe-ej.org 

adelacruz@crpe-ej-org

Attorneys for Association of Irritated Residents

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 3/22/2010 __________________________________

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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