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JAMES M. BIRKELUND, Bar No. 206328 

Climate Change Law Foundation 

548 Market St., #11200 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

james@climatechangelaw.org 

Tel: 415-602-6223; Fax: 415-789-4556 

Attorney for Plaintiffs Climate Change Law 

Foundation, Sierra Club, and Association of Irritated Residents 

MAYA GOLDEN-KRASNER, Bar No. 217557 

The Center for Biological Diversity 

P.O. Box 1476 

La Canada Flintridge, CA 91012 

mgoldenkrasner@biologicaldiversity.org 

Tel: 213-215-3729; Fax: 510-844-7150 

Attorney for Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, 

ASSOCIATION OF IRRITATED RESIDENTS, 

SIERRA CLUB, and CLIMATE CHANGE 

LAW FOUNDATION, 

 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY; CATHERINE 

MCCABE, in her official capacity as Acting 

Administrator of the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency; and ALEXIS STRAUSS, in 

her official capacity as Acting Regional 

Administrator of the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency, 

 Defendants. 

Case No: 3:17-cv-720 

PROOF OF SERVICE 

 A copy of the Summons addressed to Defendants (attached hereto as Exhibit A), and a 

copy of the Complaint in this matter were served pursuant to Rule 4(i) of the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure, by sending a copy of the Summons and Complaint via registered mail, return 

receipt requested, on February 15, 2017 to the following: 

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Civil Process Clerk 

United States Attorney’s Office 

450 Golden Gate Ave 11th Fl 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

United States Attorney General 

U.S. Department of Justice 

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20530-0001 

Catherine McCabe 

US Environmental Protection Agency 

USEPA Headquarters 

William Jefferson Clinton Building 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. 

Mail Code: 1101A 

Washington, DC 20460 

Alexis Strauss 

Acting Administrator 

US EPA Region 9 

75 Hawthorne Street 

Mail Code: ORA-1 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Environmental Protection Agency 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20460 

Environmental Protection Agency – R9 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Copies of the following documents were served on each of the Defendants and the U.S. Attorney 

as listed above: 

1. Civil Cover Sheet filed February 13, 2017; 

2. Summons issued February 15, 2017; 

3. Complaint filed February 13, 2017; 

4. Certification of Interested Entities or Persons, filed February 13, 2017; 

5. Corporate Disclosure Statement, filed February 13, 2017; 

6. Order Setting initial case management conference and ADR deadlines issued February 

14, 2017. 

7. Judge James’ Civil Standing Order, revised Feb. 19, 2014; 

8. Judge James’ Discovery Standing Order, revised March 14, 2016; 

9. Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of California: Contents of Join 

Case Management Statement, effective January 17, 2017; 

10. ECF handout; 

11. Brochure: Consenting To The Jurisdiction Of A Magistrate Judge;

Dated: March 9, 2017 __/s/ Laura McCamy_________________ 

Laura McCamy, Paralegal 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERISTY 

1212 Broadway, Suite 800 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Phone: 510-844-7100 x 354 

Email: lmccamy@biologicaldiversity.org

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