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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

WESTERN DIVISION

JAMES SAMPSON, et al., )

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Plaintiffs, ) CASE NO. 1:17-cv-00658-MRB

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v. ) Judge Michael R. Barrett

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HAVERHILL COKE ) Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz

COMPANY, et al. )

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Defendants. )

DEFENDANTS’ COMBINED MOTION AND MEMORANDUM FOR LEAVE TO FILE 

NOTICE OF MATERIAL DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING DEFENDANTS’

OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 7 and S.D. Ohio Civ. R. 7.2(a)(2), Defendants SunCoke 

Energy, Inc. and Haverhill Coke Company respectfully move for leave to notify the Court of 

material developments regarding the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s (“OEPA”) 

issuance of a Title V operating permit for Defendants’ facility in Franklin Furnace, Ohio (“the 

Facility”). Following the May 2018 issuance of a draft Title V Permit for public comment, and a 

public hearing on that draft in August 2018, OEPA investigated allegations that the Facility was 

violating OAC 3725-15-07 (“the Nuisance Rule”). Then, on February 8, 2019, OEPA issued a 

Preliminary Proposed Title V Permit for the Facility and, on June 14, 2019, OEPA issued a 

Proposed Title V Permit for the Facility. Defendants request leave to provide this supplemental 

authority and related information regarding these developments because they are material to the 

Court’s evaluation of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. A copy of Defendants’ 

proposed filing is attached hereto as Exhibit 1. 

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Dated: June 20, 2019 Respectfully submitted,

s/ Shane A. Farolino

Shane A. Farolino (0040310), Trial Attorney

Terrence S. Finn (00039391)

Roetzel & Andress, LPA

222 S. Main Street, Suite 400

Akron, OH 44308

Telephone: (330) 376-2700

Facsimile: (330) 376-4577

Email: sfarolino@ralaw.com

Email: tfinn@ralaw.com

s/ Roy D. Prather III

John Guttmann (admitted pro hac vice)

BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, PC

1350 I Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, DC 20005

Telephone: (202) 789-6020

Facsimile: (202) 789-6190

Email: jguttmann@bdlaw.com

Bina Reddy (admitted pro hac vice)

BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, PC

98 San Jacinto Boulevard, Suite 1420

Austin, TX 78701

Telephone: (512) 391-8000

Facsimile: (512) 391-8099

Email: breddy@bdlaw.com

Robert Brager (admitted pro hac vice)

Roy D. Prather III (admitted pro hac vice)

BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, PC

201 North Charles Street, Suite 2210

Baltimore, MD 21201

Telephone: (410) 230-1300

Facsimile: (410) 230-1389

Email: rbrager@bdlaw.com

rprather@bdlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on June 20, 2019, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of 

the Court using the CM/ECF system. Notice of this filing will be sent to D. David Altman, 

daltman@environlaw.com; Justin D. Newman, jnewman@environlaw.com; and Robin A. 

Burgess, rburgess@environlaw.com by operation of the Court’s electronic filing system. Parties 

may access this filing through the Court’s system.

/s/ Roy D. Prather 

Roy D. Prather (admitted pro hac vice)

BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, PC

Attorney for Defendants

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