Riverkeeper, Inc. et al v. Pruitt et al

Filing 202

ORDER granting 201 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File ; granting 201 Letter Motion to Stay re: 201 LETTER MOTION for Extension of Time to File joint status report due June 5, 2024 addressed to Judge Vernon S. Broderick f rom AUSA Tomoko Onozawa dated June 3, 2024. LETTER MOTION to Stay to continue stay of litigation until July 2, 2024 addressed to Judge Vernon S. Broderick from AUSA Tomoko Onozawa dated June 3, 2024. APPLICATION GRANTED SO ORDERED.. (Signed by Judge Vernon S. Broderick on 6/5/2024) (jca)

U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
86 Chambers Street
New York, New York 10007

June 3, 2024
BY ECF
The Honorable Vernon S. Broderick
United States District Judge
United States Courthouse
40 Foley Square
New York, New York 10007
Re:

Dated: June 5, 2024

Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Regan, No. 17 Civ. 4916 (VSB)

Dear Judge Broderick:
On behalf of defendants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Michael
Regan, in his official capacity as Administrator of the EPA (jointly, “defendants”), I write to
respectfully request a limited extension of the June 5, 2024 deadline for the parties to submit a
joint status letter to the Court and of the June 10, 2024 deadline for the current stay of the
litigation. (ECF No. 200). Defendants respectfully request leave for the parties to file a joint
status letter on June 27, 2024, and for the current stay of litigation to end on July 2, 2024.
Plaintiffs and intervenor-defendants New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(“NYSDEC”) and the City of New York consent to this request.
Since the parties filed their last status report on March 7, 2024 (ECF No. 199), the
defendants and NYSDEC provided written responses to plaintiffs’ February 29, 2024 letter, and
plaintiffs submitted a written response to those letters on May 24, 2024. The brief extensions are
therefore requested to permit the parties to continue their discussions regarding the
correspondence that has been exchanged over the last three months.
We thank the Court for its consideration of this request.
Respectfully,
DAMIAN WILLIAMS
United States Attorney
/s/ Tomoko Onozawa
By: TOMOKO ONOZAWA
Assistant United States Attorney
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