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Parties Involved:
Committee for a Better Arvin
Plaintiff
Committee for a Better Shafter
Plaintiff
Medical Advocates for Healthy Air
Plaintiff
National Parks Conservation Association
Plaintiff
Mike Stoker
Defendant
Andrew Wheeler
Defendant

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JOINT STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL

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JEFFREY BOSSERT CLARK

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

SYDNEY A. MENEES (D.C. Bar No. 1027544)

sydney.menees@usdoj.gov

Environmental Defense Section

601 D Street N.W., Suite 8000

Washington D.C. 20004

Telephone (202) 514-2398

Facsimile (202) 514-8865

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COMMITTEE FOR A BETTER ARVIN, et 

al.

Plaintiffs,

v.

ANDREW WHEELER, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:18-CV-05700-RS

JOINT STIPULATION OF 

DISMISSAL

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs Committee for a Better Arvin, Committee for a Better Shafter, 

Medical Advocates for Healthy Air, and National Parks Conservation Association alleged in 

their Complaint that Defendant, Andrew R. Wheeler, in his official capacity as the Acting

Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Mike Stoker in his 

capacity as Regional Administrator of EPA Region 9 failed to make findings of failure to submit 

nonattainment state implementation plans (“SIPs”) for the San Joaquin Valley for various 

elements of Clean Air Act (“CAA”) 42 U.S.C. § 7513a, for the 1997, 2006, and 2012 fine 

particulate matter (“PM2.5”) national ambient air quality standards (“NAAQS”) (Dkt. No. 1);

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a motion for summary judgment to compel EPA to issue the 

findings of failure to submit with 30 days (Dkt. No. 9);

WHEREAS, on October 17, 2018, EPA answered the Complaint (Dkt. No. 21);

WHEREAS, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment (Dkt. 22);

WHEREAS, the Court also ordered, “[p]ursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7604(d), defendants shall 

reimburse plaintiffs for the reasonable costs plaintiffs have incurred as a result of this litigation, 

including reasonable attorney fees, in an amount to be determined upon submission of the 

necessary application in accordance with the rules;”

WHEREAS, EPA made findings of failure to submit a SIP for the time periods identified 

by the Plaintiffs. Final Rule, 83 Fed. Reg. 62,720 (Dec. 6, 2018); 

WHEREAS, pursuant to stipulation, the Court continued the initial case management 

conference scheduled until June 13, 2019, to allow the parties to resolve plaintiffs’ claim for 

costs of litigation (Dkt. 29);

WHEREAS, the parties agree that all substantive claims are now moot;

WHEREAS, the parties have resolved Plaintiffs’ claim for cost of litigation pursuant to 

CAA section 304(d), 42 U.S.C. § 7604(d), but payment has not yet been effectuated. EPA 

expects that payment will be completed by August 28, 2019;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties stipulate that pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. 

Proc. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii):

1. All claims are dismissed.

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2. Plaintiffs’ claim for costs of litigation is dismissed.

3. The parties stipulate to and request that the Court enter an order vacating the case 

management conference set for June 13, 2019 (Dkt. No. 29).

Respectfully submitted,

Date: May 3, 2019 Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ Colin O’Brien

COLIN O’BRIEN, SB NO. 309413

cobrien@earthjustice.org

PAUL CORT, SB No. 184336

pcort@earthjustice.org

EARTHJUSTICE

50 California Street, Suite 500

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel. (415) 217-2000 / Fax. (415) 217-2040

Counsel for Plaintiffs

 /s/ Sydney A. Menees

SYDNEY A. MENEES (D.C. Bar No. 1027544)

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Environmental Defense Section

601 D Street N.W., Suite 8000

Washington D.C. 20004

sydney.menees@usdoj.gov

Telephone (202) 514-2398

Facsimile (202) 514-8865

Counsel for Defendants

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________________________________ 

RICHARD SEEBORG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

ORDER 

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A), the parties have jointly stipulated to dismissal of

this matter. In light of the stipulated dismissal, the case management hearing set for June 13,

2019 is hereby VACATED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED this ______ 3rd day of May, 2019. 

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