United States v. Sinister Manufacturing Co., Inc. ( 2023 )

1 TODD KIM 2 Assistant Attorney General 3 Environment and Natural Resources Div. 4 United States Department of Justice 5 6 Eric D. Albert, Senior Attorney 7 Joanna Citron Day, Senior Counsel 8 Environmental Enforcement Section 9 Environment and Natural Resources Div. 10 United States Department of Justice 11 P.O. Box 7611 12 Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 13 202-514-2800 (direct) 14 Eric.Albert@usdoj.gov 15 16 Attorneys for Plaintiff the United States 17 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 19 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 20 21 ____________________________________ 22 ) 23 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) 24 ) 25 ) 26 Plaintiff, ) 27 ) 28 v. ) 29 ) Civ. A. No. 2:23-cv-01580-JAM-JDP 30 ) 31 SINISTER MANUFACTURING ) ORDER 32 COMPANY, INC. ) 33 ) 34 ) 35 ) 36 ) 37 ) 38 Defendant. ) 39 ____________________________________) 40 41 42 ORDER APPROVING UNITED STATES’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ENTER 43 CONSENT DECREE 44 45 This matter comes before the Court on the United States’ Unopposed Motion to Enter 46 Consent Decree, Dkt. No. 15 (the “Motion”). The Court has reviewed the Consent Decree, Dkt. 47 No. 4-1 (the “Consent Decree”), for procedural and substantive fairness, reasonableness, and 48 consistency with the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. See United States v. Oregon, 913 49 F.2d 576, 580 (9th Cir.1990); United States v. Cannons Eng'g Corp., 899 F.2d 79, 84 (1st Cir. 50 1990); United States v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc., 380 F. Supp. 2d 1104, 1110–11 (N.D. Cal. 2005). 51 Having fully considered the Motion, the United States’ Memorandum in Support thereof, Dkt. 52 No. 15-1, and the Consent Decree, the Court hereby GRANTS the Motion. 53 WHEREFORE, it is hereby ORDERED THAT THE MOTION IS APPROVED. 54 The Court will enter the Consent Decree separately via its signature on Page 41 thereof. 55 The hearing set for 10/31/2023 is VACATED. 56 SO ORDERED. Dated: October 02, 2023 /s/ John A. Mendez THE HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE