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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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ELIZABETH B. FORSYTH, State Bar No. 288311

PAUL R. CORT, State Bar No. 184336

Earthjustice

50 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

eforsyth@earthjustice.org

pcort@earthjustice.org 

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

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sierra Club, Center

for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians,

Medical Advocates for Healthy Air, and 

Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO/OAKLAND DIVISION

SIERRA CLUB, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY; et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No: 3:14-cv-4596-EMC

JOINT STIPULATION &

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

Date: July 21, 2016

Time: 10:15am

Place: Telephonic Conference

WHEREAS, the Court’s Minute Order of April 22, 2016 (Dkt. No. 49) required Plaintiffs 

to file an amended complaint within 75 days, set a further telephonic case management 

conference (“CMC”) for July 21, 2016 at 10:15 a.m., and required the parties to file an updated 

joint CMC statement by July 14, 2016;

WHEREAS, on June 28, 2016, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint (Dkt. No. 50);

WHEREAS, on July 8, 2016, EPA took final action determining that the South Coast air 

quality planning area in California has attained the 1997 annual and 24-hour fine particle 

(“PM2.5”) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”). This determination is based 

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upon complete (or otherwise validated), quality-assured and certified ambient air monitoring data 

showing that the area has monitored attainment of the 1997 annual and 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS 

based on the 2011-2013 monitoring period, and that all complete data available since that time 

period indicate that the area continues to attain. EPA provided a pre-publication copy of the 

final rule to Plaintiffs on July 12, 2016. EPA has transmitted the final rule to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication in the Federal Register;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs are currently evaluating how EPA’s final action impacts this case; 

and

WHEREAS, the parties therefore stipulate to and request an order continuing the CMC 

until August 4, 2016, to allow Plaintiffs to complete their review of EPA’s final action. The 

parties also request that the updated case management statement due date be continued to July 

28, 2016. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that, pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2 and for good cause 

shown, the CMC currently set for July 21, 2016 be continued until August 4, 2016 and the 

deadline for the parties to file an updated case management statement currently set for July 14, 

2016, be continued to July 28, 2016.

Date: July 14, 2016

/s/ Elizabeth B. Forsyth (email auth. 7/14/16)

ELIZABETH B. FORSYTH, State Bar No. 

288311

PAUL R. CORT, State Bar No. 184336

Earthjustice

50 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

eforsyth@earthjustice.org

pcort@earthjustice.org 

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

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

/s/ Leslie M. Hill_______________________

LESLIE M. HILL (D.C. Bar No. 476008) 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

Environmental Defense Section 

601 D Street N.W., Suite 8000 

Washington D.C. 20004 

Leslie.Hill@usdoj.gov 

Telephone (202) 514-0375 

Facsimile (202) 514-8865 

Attorneys for Defendants

/s/ Barbara Baird (email auth. 7/14/16)

BARBARA BAIRD

(SBN 081507) Chief Deputy Counsel

KURT WIESE

(SBN 127251) General Counsel

SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY 

MANAGAMENT 

DISTRICT

21865 Copley Drive

Diamond Bar, CA 91765

Phone: (909) 396-2302; Fax: (909) 396-2961

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor SCAQMD

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

NO. 3:14-CV-4596-EMC

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation and for good cause shown, the case management conference 

currently set for July 21, 2016 is continued until August 4, 2016 and the deadline for the parties 

to file an updated case management statement currently set for July 14, 2016 is continued to 

July 28, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

HON. EDWARD CHEN

at 11:30 a.m. Plaintiff counsel to provide the Court 

will the dial in number by 7/25/16. 7/20/16

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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