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### 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IGNACIA S. MORENO Assistant Attorney General ADAM J. KATZ (D.C. Bar No. 502776) United States Department of Justice Environmental Defense Section 601 D Street, NW Suite 8000 Washington, DC 20004 Tel: (202) 514-2689 Fax: (202) 514-8865 Email: adam.katz@usdoj.gov Attorneys for Defendant Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of EPA EMMA C. CHEUSE (Appearing Pro Hac Vice , D.C. Bar No. 488201) JAMES S. PEW (Appearing Pro Hac Vice , D.C. Bar No. 448830) Earthjustice 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 702 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 667-4500 ext. 220 or 214; Fax: (202) 667-2356 Email: echeuse@earthjustice.org Email: jpew@earthjustice.org SARAH H. BURT (Cal. Bar No. 250378) Earthjustice 426 17th Street, 6th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 Tel: (510) 550-6700 Email: sburt@earthjustice.org Attorneys for Plaint iff Sierra Club

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION

SIERRA CLUB, Plaintiff , v. LISA P. JACKSON, Ad ministrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, in her official capacity, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 09-cv-00152 SBA STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE (DOCKET NO. 65) Case4:09-cv-00152-SBA Document88 Filed06/10/11 Page1 of 5STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE (DOCKET NO. 65) 

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### 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiff Sierra Club and Defenda nt Lisa P. Jackson, in her capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), file this stipulation notifying the Court that the parties have agreed to extend four deadlines for EPA action set forth in the proposed Consent Decree (CD) that EPA and Sierra Club moved to enter in September 2010. (Dkt. 65). The proposed CD sets deadlines for EPA to initiate and complete rulemakings under the Clean Air Act for various categories of sour ces of hazardous air pollutants. (Dkt. 65-1). Although the Court has not yet en tered the CD, Magistrate Judge Larson recommended in December 2010 that the Court do so. (Dkt. 76). The CD allows (at ¶ 31) for Sierra Club and EPA to extend certain deadlines for rulemaking action by written stipulation with notice to the Court. (Dkt. 65-1). The parties submit this stipulation extending certain deadlines, a nd request that the Cour t consider it to be incorporated with the proposed CD in conjuncti on with the Court’s revi ew of the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation that the Court enter the proposed CD. WHEREAS, Sierra Club filed its Complaint in this Clean Air Act deadline suit on January 13, 2009 (Dkt. 1); WHEREAS, EPA filed its Answ er on January 29, 2010 (Dkt. 43); WHEREAS, EPA lodged a proposed consen t decree on July 6, 2010 (Dkt. 58); WHEREAS, during July and August 2010, EP A completed the public notice-andcomment procedure for settlements required by secti on 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7413(g); WHEREAS, the public comment period closed on August 13, 2010, Notice of Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit , 75 Fed. Reg. 40,827 (July 14, 2010); WHEREAS, in response to some of the comm ents received and other considerations, EPA, with Sierra Club’s consent, modified the proposed consent decree originally lodged with the Court; Case4:09-cv-00152-SBA Document88 Filed06/10/11 Page2 of 5STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE (DOCKET NO. 65) 

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### 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 WHEREAS, Sierra Club and EPA filed a jo int motion to enter the proposed CD on September 27, 2010 that will, if approved and entered, fully resolve the merits of this case (Dkt. 65); WHEREAS, on December 22, 2010, Magistrate Judge Larson entered a Report and Recommendation (R&R) describing the proposed CD (Dkt. 65-1) as the product of “a complex, year-and-a-half long negotiation process carried out in good faith and at arms length between well-informed parties,” and recommending that this Court enter it based on his finding that the CD is “fair, reasonable, in the public interest, and consistent with the purposes of the [Clean Air Act].” R&R at 6 (Dkt. 76); WHEREAS, Defendant-Intervenors filed Statements of Non-Opposition to the Motion to Enter (Dkts. 69 and 70), and did not obj ect to the Report and Recommendation; 1 

### WHEREAS, on September 14, 2010, EPA signed proposed actions for the Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks source category (HDCECAT) and for the Steel Pickling-HCL Pr ocess Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants source categor y (Steel Pickling), as required by Paragraphs 4(a) and 5(a) of the CD; WHEREAS, based on its review of the public comments on the HDCECAT and Steel Pickling proposals, EPA intends to issue suppl emental proposals for those two source categories no later than January 20, 2012; WHEREAS, Paragraph 31 of the proposed CD provides, inter alia , that “[t]he deadlines established in Paragraphs 1 through 28 may be ex tended . . . by written st ipulation of Plaintiff and EPA with notice to the Court” (Dkt. 65-1); NOW THEREFORE, Sierra Club and EPA hereby stipulate as follows:

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### On May 19, 2011, the Doe Run Company filed a motion to intervene “t o address the limited issue concerning the final rule scheduled for pr imary lead smelting.” Dkt. 83-1. The present stipulation has no effect on th e primary lead smelting rule. Case4:09-cv-00152-SBA Document88 Filed06/10/11 Page3 of 5STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE (DOCKET NO. 65) 

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### 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1. EPA’s deadline to perform the actions di scussed in paragraph 4(b) of the CD (Dkt. 65-1) is extended to August 15, 2012. 2. EPA’s deadline to perform the actions di scussed in paragraph 5(b) of the CD (Dkt. 65-1) is extended to August 15, 2012. 3. EPA’s deadline to perform the actions di scussed in paragraph 11(a) of the CD (Dkt. 65-1) is extended to December 15, 2011. 4. EPA’s deadline to perform the actions di scussed in paragraph 11(b) of the CD (Dkt. 65-1) is extended to July 31, 2012. 5. The deadlines set forth above in paragra phs 1 through 4 are incorporated with the proposed CD (Dkt. 65-1).

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF: Dated: June 10, 2011 /s/ Emma C. Cheuse EMMA C. CHEUSE JAMES S. PEW Earthjustice 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 702 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 667-4500 Email: echeuse@earthjustice.org Email: jpew@earthjustice.org SARAH H. BURT Earthjustice 426 17th Street, 6th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 Tel: (510) 550-6700 Email: sburt@earthjustice.org

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT: Dated: June 10, 2011 IGNACIA S. MORENO Assistant Attorney General Environment & Natural Resources Division

/s/ Adam J. Katz ADAM J. KATZ United States Department of Justice Environmental Defense Section Case4:09-cv-00152-SBA Document88 Filed06/10/11 Page4 of 5STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE (DOCKET NO. 65) 

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### 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 601 D Street, NW, Suite 8000 Washington, DC 20004 Tel: (202) 514-2689 Fax: (202) 514-8865 Email: adam.katz@usdoj.gov

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on June 10, 2011, a true and correct copy of the foregoing STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE PROPOSED CONSENT DECREE was served by electronic transmission on parties and counsel who are regist ered ECF Users in this case. /s/ Adam J. Katz Case4:09-cv-00152-SBA Document88 Filed06/10/11 Page5 of 5