Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Petitions for Review

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In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. section 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement, to address lawsuits filed by Our Children's Earth Foundation, Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 342 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 302, and Communities for a Better Environment ("plaintiffs"): Our Children's Earth Foundation v. EPA (No. 04-70643) (9th Cir.); Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 342 v. EPA (No. 04-70688) (9th Cir.); and Communities for a Better Environment v. EPA (No. 04-70776) (9th Cir.) (consolidated). On or about February 12, 2004, February 13, 2004, and February 17, 2004 plaintiffs filed petitions for judicial review of EPA's dismissal of several administrative "veto" petitions filed under title V of the Act, which requested that the EPA Administrator object to operating permits issued by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District ("District") for several oil refineries in the San Francisco Bay Area. Under the terms of the proposed settlement agreement, the parties would request a continuation of the stay of the petitions for review while the District finalizes new vers