Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Case No. C

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28 IGNACIA S. MORENO Assistant Attorney General Environment & Natural Resources Division NORMAN L. RAVE, JR. (D.C. 431602) Environmental Defense Section Environment & Natural Resources Division United States Department of Justice P.O. Box 7611 Washington, D.C

. 20044 TEL: (202) 616

– 7568 FAX: (202) 514

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- mail: norman.rave@usdoj.gov

[Counsel for Plaintiffs listed on signature page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OA KLAND DIVISION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, GREENPEACE, INC., and PORT TOWNSEND AIRWATCHERS,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and LISA P. JACKSON, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency,

Defend ants

. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: C

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Complaint Filed: December 6, 2011

NOTICE OF LODGING CONSENT DECREE

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NOTICE OF LODGING CONSENT DECREE

Plaintiffs Greenpeace, Inc., Port Townsend Airwatchers, and Center for Biolo gical

Diversity and Defendants United States Environmental Protection Agency, and Lisa P. Jackson,

Administrator, in her officially capacity, hereby give notice of the lodging of the proposed

Consent Decree, which accompanies this Not ice, in the above

- captioned case.

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28 The parties request that the proposed Consent Decree not be signed or entered by the

Court at this time. Clean Air Act section 113(g), 42 U.S.C. § 7413(g), requires that notice of this

proposed Decree be given to the pub lic, that the public shall have a reasonable opportunity to

make any comments, and that the Administrator of EPA or the Attorney General, as appropriate,

must consider those comments in deciding whether to consent to this Decree. The parties

acknowledge th is requirement in paragraph 1 4 of the proposed decree.

EPA will conduct the required notice and comment process following the lodging of the

proposed decree. Once the process is completed, EPA will inform the Court and the P laintiff s as

to whether the Ad ministrator and/or Attorney General has determined to withdraw or withhold

consent to the Consent Decree or to proceed with the entry of the Consent Decree. In the former

case, the parties will file a joint status report. In the latter case, the parties s hall file an

appropriate notice or motion requesting entry of the Consent Decree.

Dated : August 2 7 , 2012 /S/ Helen Kan g

____ HELEN KANG (State Bar No. 124730) Environmental Law and Justice Clinic Golden Gate University School of Law 536 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: 415.442.6647 Facsimile: 415.896.2450 hkang@ggu.edu

Attorney for Plaintiffs GREENPEACE, INC. and PORT TOWNSEND AIRWATCHERS Case4:11-cv-06059-YGR Document40 Filed08/27/12 Page2 of 4Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Case No. C

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28 D ated : August 2 7 , 2012

/S/ Vera P. Pardee VERA P. PARDEE (State Bar No. 106146) KEVIN BUNDY (State Bar No. 231686) Center for Biological Diversity 351 California Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: 415.436.9682 ext. 317 Facsimile: 415.436.9683 kbundy@biologicaldiversity.org

Attorneys for Plaintiff CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Dated: August 27 , 2012 IGNACIA S. MORENO A ssistant Attorney General Environment & Natural Resources Div ision

/S/ Norman L. Rave, Jr. NORMAN L. RAVE, JR. (D.C. 431602) Environmental Defense Section Environment & Natural Resources Division United States Department of Justice P.O. Box 7611 Washington, D.C. 20044 TEL: (202) 616

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- mail: norman.rave@usdoj.gov

ATTESTATION FOR NOTICE OF LODGING

CONSENT DECREE

Pursuant to General Order 45X, I attest that Vera Pardee and Helen Kang have concurred

in the filing of this documen t.

Dated: August 27 , 2012

__ /S/ Norman L. Rave, Jr. Norman L. Rave, Jr. Attorney for Defendants Case4:11-cv-06059-YGR Document40 Filed08/27/12 Page3 of 4Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Case No. C

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28 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Norman L. Rave, Jr., hereby certify that on August 27, 2012, I caused the foregoing to be served upon counsel of record throu gh the Court ’ s electronic service system.

/s/ Norman L. Rave, Jr. Norman L. Rave, Jr. Case4:11-cv-06059-YGR Document40 Filed08/27/12 Page4 of 4