SIP Proposal: Pennsylvania (reasonably available control technology determinations for Hydro Carbide Tool Company's case-by-case sources under the 1997 and 2008 eight-hour ozone NAAQS). 

EPA adjusted the level of the maximum and minimum statutory civil monetary penalty amounts under the statutes that the Agency administers to reflect inflation.

FWS reclassified the June sucker from endangered to threatened under the ESA and finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act that provides for the conservation of the species. 

EPA proposed the results of its residual risk and technology review of NESHAPs for primary magnesium refining, finding that risks from emissions of air toxics from this source category are acceptable and that after removing the exemptions from startup, shutdown, and malfunction, the standards provide an ample margin of safety.

In re Chesapeake Energy Corp., No. 20-33233 (DRJ) (S.D. Tex. Jan. 7, 2021). Pursuant to the CAA and Bankruptcy Rule 9019, a settling debtor must pay a civil penalty of $1.2 million in full and without reduction from its estate.

Based on the results of EPA's residual risk and technology review for NESHAPs for cyanide chemicals manufacturing, the Agency proposed to amend provisions addressing startup, shutdown, and malfunctioning, add electronic reporting, and update the reporting and recordkeeping requirements to improve monitoring, compliance, and implementation of the existing standards, which the Agency found to provide an ample margin of safety to protect public health.

SIP Proposal: Kentucky (revisions related to standards for gasoline loading facilities at existing bulk terminals and new bulk plants in Jefferson County).

A proposed settlement agreement filed in the Superior Court of California requires a settling CERCLA defendant to pay $1,200,000 million to EPA in connection with the Pioneer Metals Finishing Superfund site.

SIP Approval: Pennsylvania (maintenance plan for the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS in the Altoona, Blair County area).

SIP Approval: Virginia (negative declarations for certain specified control techniques guidelines).