From:        Keith Barnett/RTP/USEPA/US                                                       

To:         Cortney_Higgins@omb.eop.gov                                                      

Date:    07/23/2010 12:22 PM                                                              

Subject:   Court Documents you requested on Portland Cement                                 

(See attached file:

ENV_DEFENSE‐#473239‐v1‐Portland_Cement_NSPS_Extension_Stip_as_Filed.PDF)

(See attached file:

ENV_DEFENSE‐#471794‐v1‐PCA_STATUS_REPORT_MAY_2010.PDF)

Keith W. Barnett

USEPA/OAQPS/SPPD/MMG

Mail Code D243‐02

Research Triangle Park, NC  27711

919‐541‐5605

barnett.keith@epa.gov
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/ The parties previously stipulated to extensions of the deadline in paragraph 3 from May 31,

2009 to June 6, 2010.

IGNACIA S. MORENO, Assistant Attorney General 

NORMAN L. RAVE, JR., Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, DC 20026-3986

Telephone: (202) 616-7568

Facsimile: (202) 514-8865

Attorneys for the United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ________________________________________

SIERRA CLUB,

Plaintiff,

v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY, Defendant. ________________________________________

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No. C 06-5288 MHP

NOTICE OF STIPULATED

EXTENSION TO CONSENT DECREE

DEADLINE 

Paragraph 5 of the Consent Decree entered in this case provides that the deadlines in

paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Consent Decree may by extended by written stipulation of the parties

to the Consent Decree filed with the Court. No action by the Court is required for such an

extension.

The parties have agreed that it is appropriate to extend the deadline in paragraph 3 of the

Consent Decree until August 6, 2010.1/

 Accordingly, pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Consent

Decree, defendant United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and plaintiff Sierra

Club hereby stipulate to an extension of the deadline in paragraph 3 of the Consent Decree for

EPA to sign a final rule containing revisions to NSPS subpart F pursuant to Clean Air Act

(“CAA”) section 111(b)(1)(B) and/or a final determination under CAA section 11(b)(1)(B) not

to revise NSPS subpart F from June 6, 2010 to August 6, 2010. The purpose of this extension is

to allow EPA to coordinate the promulgation of the standards required under CAA section

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Notice of Stipulated Extension to Consent Decree Deadline

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111(b)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C. § 7411(b)(1)(B), with standards the Agency is required to promulgate

for the same category of sources under CAA section 112(d)(6), 42 U.S.C. § 7412(d)(6).

Respectfully submitted this 11th day of May, 2010.

FOR DEFENDANT EPA:

IGNACIA S. MORENO

Assistant Attorney General

 /S/ Norman L. Rave, Jr. Dated: May 11, 2010

NORMAN L. RAVE, JR.

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, D.C. 20026-3986

(202) 305-0897

Fax: (202) 616-7568

norman.rave@usdoj.gov

FOR PLAINTIFF SIERRA CLUB:

 /S/ Reed Zars (by permission) Dated: May 11, 2010

REED ZARS

Attorney at Law

910 Kearney Street

Laramie, WY 82070

(307) 745-7979

Fax: (307) 745-7999

rzars@lariat.org

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Notice of Stipulated Extension to Consent Decree Deadline

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that the foregoing document was filed electronically using the Court’s

ECF system. Notice of this filing will be sent by operation of the Court’s electronic filing

system to all parties indicated on the electronic filing receipt.

May 11, 2010 /S/ Norman L. Rave, Jr.

Norman L. Rave, Jr.

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION, )

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Petitioner, )

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v. ) No. 07-1046

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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL ) 07-1048, 07-1049, and 07-1052

PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., )

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Respondents. )

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STATUS REPORT

Respondent EPA files this status report pursuant to the Court’s February 4,

2009, Order:

1. These consolidated petitions for review challenge a final rule under

the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), establishing emission standards for hazardous air

pollutants emitted from new and existing Portland cement kilns. 71 Fed. Reg.

76,518 (Dec. 20, 2006) (“2006 Rule”). 

2. EPA is in the process of considering a petition for reconsideration of

the 2006 Rule. 

3. EPA, the Portland Cement Association, and the environmental and

the state parties, petitioners in Nos. 07-1046, 07-1048, and 07-1052, respectively,

signed a settlement agreement in which EPA agrees to sign no later than March

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31, 2009, a notice of proposed rulemaking which will address all the issues raised

in the petition for reconsideration. The parties later agreed to extend that deadline

to April 21, 2009, and EPA timely signed the required notice of proposed

rulemaking on April 21, 2009, see 74 Fed. Reg. 21136 (May 6, 2009).

4. The settlement agreement also requires EPA to sign a notice taking

final administrative action concerning the notice of proposed rulemaking no later

than March 31, 2010, which the parties agreed to extend to June 6, 2010. 

5. Since the last status report, the environmental petitioners have agreed

to extend to August 6, 2010, the deadline for EPA to sign a notice taking final

administrative action, and EPA is in the process of discussing this extension with

the other parties.

6. The next status report is due on or about August 2, 2010.

Respectfully submitted,

IGNACIA S. MORENO

Assistant Attorney General

 /s/ Daniel R. Dertke 

DANIEL R. DERTKE, Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Div.

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 23986

Washington, D.C. 20026-3986

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(202) 514-0994

daniel.dertke@usdoj.gov

OF COUNSEL:

STEVEN E. SILVERMAN

Office of General Counsel, U.S. EPA

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20460

May 3, 2010

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing STATUS

REPORT was served this 3 day of May, 2010, by U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to rd

the following counsel: 

DAVID P. NOVELLO BETH S. GINSBERG

Law Offices of David Novello, LLC Stoel, Rives LLP

1615 L Street, N.W., Suite 1350 600 University Street, Suite 3600

Washington, DC 20036 Seattle, WA 98101

JAMES S. PEW WILLIAM R. WEISSMAN

Earthjustice Venable LLP

1625 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Suite 702 575 7 Street, N.W. th

Washington, D.C. 20036 Washington, DC 20004

MICHAEL J. MYERS JOHN J. BURSCH

Assistant Attorney General STEVEN KOHL

Environmental Protection Bureau Warner, Norcross & Judd LLP

Office of the Attorney General 111 Lyon Street, N.W., Suite 900

The Capitol Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2487

Albany, NY 12224

KIMBERLY MASSICOTTE VALERIE S. CSIZMADIA

JOSE A. SUAREZ Deputy Attorney General

Assistant Attorneys General Attorney General’s Office

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55 Elm Street Third Floor, 102 W. Water Street

P.O. Box 120 Dover, Delaware 19904

Hartford, CT 06141-0120

THOMAS DAVIS, Chief MARY E. RAIVEL

Environmental Bureau Assistant Attorney General

Assistant Attorney General Maryland Department of the Env’t

500 South Second Street 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 6048

Springfield, Illinois 62706 Baltimore, Maryland 21230

WILLIAM L. PARDEE ALAN F. HOFFMAN

Assistant Attorney General NEIL D. GORDON

Environmental Protection Division Assistant Attorneys General

One Ashburton Place Environment, Natural Resources

Boston, MA 02108 and Agriculture Division 

P.O. Box 30755

RUTH CARTER Lansing, MI 48909

Deputy Attorney General

Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex

25 Market Street, P.O. Box 093

Trenton, New Jersey 08625-4503

ROBERT REILEY

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Rachel Carson State Office Bldg., 9 Flr. th

P.O. Box 8464

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8464

 /s/ Daniel R. Dertke 

Daniel R. Dertke

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