Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Environmental Health (collectively ``Plaintiffs''): Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. EPA, No. 3:14-cv-05138-WHO (N.D. CA). In this lawsuit, Plaintiffs allege that EPA has failed to find that Iowa and Puerto Rico failed to submit nonattainment state implementation plans (``SIPs'') for the Pottawattamie and Arecibo areas designated nonattainment for the 2008 lead National Ambient Air Quality Standard (``NAAQS''). They also allege that EPA has failed to take final action to approve or disapprove, in whole or in part, certain 2008 lead NAAQS nonattainment SIP submissions from Florida (Tampa/Hillsborough area), Minnesota (Eagan area), Texas (Frisco area), Indiana (Muncie area), and Ohio (Cleveland and Delta areas). In addition, Plaintiffs allege that EPA has failed to take final action to approve or disapprove, in whole or in part, North Carolina's infrastructure SIP submission addressing the requirements for the 2008 lead NAAQS. The proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to take final actions for meeting these obligations.