REQUEST TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY FOR CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, the parties respectfully request an order allowing all counsel to appear telephonically for the Initial Case Management Conference ("CMC") set for April 21, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor (Dkt. No. 42) or alternatively, rescheduling the CMC to April 28, 2016.

WHEREAS, the Parties stipulated to and requested an order continuing the Case Management Conference until April 14, 2016, a date that all counsel are available (Dkt. No. 39);

REQUEST TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY FOR CMC AND

WHEREAS, the Court granted the request to continue, but reset the Case Management Conference to April 21, 2016 (Dkt. No. 40);

WHEREAS, lead counsel for Intervenor-Defendant San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District is not available to appear personally on April 21, 2016 because that date coincides with the District's Governing Board meeting, which occurs every third Thursday of every month, and that counsel must attend. However, counsel could appear telephonically on that date;

WHEREAS, lead counsel for Defendants, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Gina McCarthy, in her official capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (collectively "EPA"), is also not available to appear personally on April 21, 2016, because of a pre-planned vacation, but could also appear telephonically;

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendant-Intervenor South Coast Air Quality Management District is located in Diamond Bar, California and would have to travel to the CMC;

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff Sierra Club consents to this request and joins in the request to also appear by telephone or alternatively, rescheduling the CMC to April 28, 2016; and

WHEREAS, the Parties therefore request that they be allowed to appear and participate in the initial CMC by telephone to obviate the need to reschedule the CMC or alternatively, to rescheduling the CMC to April 28, 2016;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties stipulate to and respectfully request that the Court enter an order allowing the parties to appear and participate telephonically at the April 21, 2016 initial CMC or, alternatively to reschedule the CMC to April 28, 2016.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Before the Court is a Joint Request to Appear Telephonically for the Initial Case Management Conference set for April 21, 2016 at 10:15 a.m. in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor (Dkt. No. 42). Upon due consideration, and for good cause shown, the Parties' request is hereby GRANTED.

It is further ordered that counsel will be called at the following numbers to participate in the hearing. Counsel will be available from 9:30 a.m. Pacific time until the call occurs.

EPA's counsel will be called at (202) 514-0375.

Sierra Club's counsel will be called at (415) 217-2126 and (415) 217-2077.San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District's counsel will be called at (559) 230-6035.

South Coast Air Quality Management District's counsel will be called at (909) 396-3458.

Plaintiff Sierra Club's counsel Paul Cort is directed to set up the conference call for 10:15 a.m. with Courtcall (888) 582-6878 and inform the Court the dial in information by 4/18/16. An updated joint CMC statement shall be filed by

IT IS SO ORDERED.