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Parties Involved:
Post Holdings, Inc.
Defendant
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
Defendant
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Plaintiff
United States of America
Plaintiff

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JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

LORI JONAS (Bar No. 158268)

E-mail: lori.jonas@usdoj.gov

Telephone: (202) 514-4080

Environmental Enforcement Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America

ANNETTE BALLATORE-WILLIAMSON (Bar No. 192176)

District Counsel

E-mail: annette.williamson@valleyair.org

Telephone: (559) 230-6033

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue

Fresno, California 93726

Attorney for Plaintiff San Joaquin Valley 

Unified Air Pollution Control District

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and )

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIED AIR )

POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT )

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Plaintiffs, ) No. 1:13-cv-01482-LJ0-SAB

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v. ) JOINT STIPULATION

) TERMINATING

POST HOLDINGS, INC. and ) CONSENT DECREE AND

RALCORP HOLDINGS, INC. ) REQUEST FOR COURT

) APPROVAL; ORDER

Defendants. )

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Plaintiff, the United States of America (“United States”), on behalf of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), lodged with this Court a proposed Consent Decree 

(“Decree”) in the above-captioned matter on September 13, 2013 [Dkt. No. 2]. The Court 

entered the Decree on November 20, 2013 [Dkt. No. 7]. Pursuant to paragraph 69 of the Decree, 

on October 13, 2014, Post Foods LLC (“Post”), on behalf of defendants Post Holdings, Inc. and 

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. requested termination of the Consent Decree. Post provided 

documentation that satisfactory compliance with the Consent Decree had been maintained for 

one year, the civil penalty had been paid, and that the required permit had been obtained. Post 

also indicated that the facility shut down on August 27, 2014. EPA and San Joaquin Valley 

Unified Air Pollution Control District have reviewed the request and agree that the requirements 

for termination have been satisfied. According to paragraph 70, if the parties agree that 

termination is appropriate, they shall submit for the Court’s approval a stipulation terminating 

the Decree. 

Therefore, it is stipulated that:

THE CONSENT DECREE IS TERMINATED.

/s/ Lori Jonas 

LORI JONAS

E-mail: lori.jonas@usdoj.gov

Senior Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

Environmental Enforcement Section

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, DC 20044

Telephone: (202) 514-4080 

For the United States

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/s/ Annette Ballatore-Williamson (as authorized on 1/21/2015)

ANNETTE BALLATORE-WILLIAMSON

District Counsel

1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue

Fresno, CA 93726

Telephone: (559) 230-6033

For the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

/s/ Steven J. Poplawski (as authorized on 1/21/2015)

STEVEN J. POPLAWSKI

Bryan Cave, LLP

One Metropolitan Square

211 North Broadway, Suite 3600

St. Louis, MO 63102-2750

For Post Holdings, Inc. and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc

ORDER

Based upon the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, the Consent Decree is 

TERMINATED. 

SO ORDERED

Dated: January 22, 2015

 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

United States District Judge

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