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Parties Involved:
Ampersand Chowchilla Biomass, LLC
Defendant
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Plaintiff
United States of America
Plaintiff

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ELLEN M. MAHAN

Deputy Section Chief

Environmental Enforcement Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

ANDREW W. INGERSOLL (Bar No. 221348)

Trial Attorney

Telephone: (202) 514-1999

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

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 ) Case No. 1:11-cv-00242-LJO-DLB

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIED )

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT ) JOINT STIPULATION TO

) TERMINATE CONSENT DECREE

Plaintiffs, ) AND REQUEST FOR COURT

v. ) APPROVAL; ORDER THEREON

)

AMPERSAND CHOWCHILLA )

BIOMASS, LLC, )

)

Defendant. )

______________________________ )

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Joint Stip. to Term. Consent Decree & 

Req. for Ct. Approval - Case No. 1:11 cv 

00242 LJO DLB

09874/2479434.1

Plaintiffs the United States of America, on behalf of the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency, and the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District 

(collectively, Plaintiffs), and Defendant Ampersand Chowchilla Biomass, LLC respectfully 

move the Court to terminate the Consent Decree entered as a final judgment in this matter on 

April 25, 2011 (DN 7).

In support of this motion, the Plaintiffs and Defendant hereby stipulate and agree as 

follows:

1. The Consent Decree was negotiated by the Plaintiffs and Defendant to resolve 

alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. and state implementing 

regulations. 

2. On April 25, 2011, the Court entered the Consent Decree as a final judgment in 

this matter. DN 7.

3. Pursuant to Paragraphs 12 and 13 of the Consent Decree, Defendant completed 

the compliance requirements of the Consent Decree and satisfied all claims for stipulated 

penalties available pursuant to Section VII of the Consent Decree.

4. In accordance with Paragraph 74 of the Consent Decree, Defendant requested 

termination of the Consent Decree, on the basis that it has satisfied the requirements for 

termination.

5. Pursuant to Paragraph 75 of the Consent Decree, after receiving Defendant’s 

request for termination, Plaintiffs agree that Defendant has satisfied the requirements for 

terminating the Consent Decree, except for the Consent Decree’s information retention 

requirements which survive for three years after termination. See Consent Decree ¶ 54.

Accordingly, the Parties hereby stipulate that:

THE CONSENT DECREE IS TERMINATED.

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Joint Stip. to Term. Consent Decree & 

Req. for Ct. Approval - Case No. 1:11 cv 

00242 LJO DLB

09874/2479434.1

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 22nd day of September, 2015.

FOR PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

Dated: September 22, 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

/s/ Andrew W. Ingersoll

ANDREW W. INGERSOLL

Trial Attorney

Environmental Enforcement Section 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, DC 20044-7611

Telephone: (202) 514-1999

OF COUNSEL:

DAVID H. KIM

Assistant Regional Counsel

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX

75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, California 94105

FOR PLAINTIFF SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 

DISTRICT:

Dated: September 22, 2015 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIED AIR 

POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT

/s/ Annette Ballatore-Williamson

ANNETTE BALLATORE-WILLIAMSON

District Counsel

1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue

Fresno, CA 93726

Telephone: (559) 230-6033

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Joint Stip. to Term. Consent Decree & 

Req. for Ct. Approval - Case No. 1:11 cv 

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09874/2479434.1

FOR DEFENDANT AMPERSAND CHOWCHILLA BIOMASS, LLC:

Dated: September 22, 2015 PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & 

WALKER, LLP

/s/ Jodi Smith

JODI SMITH, Esq.

Paul Hastings LLP

55 Second Street, Twenty-Fourth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 856-7000

ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation of all parties, the Consent Decree in this case is 

TERMINATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 23, 2015 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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