EPA authorized revisions to South Carolina’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA entered into a proposed stipulated partial settlement agreement under the ESA concerning its alleged failure to consult on the effects to listed species of certain pesticide product registrations.

EPA proposed to approve in part the Texas coal combustion residuals (CCR) permit program to operate in lieu of the federal CCR program.

SIP Approval: Pennsylvania (reasonably available control technology requirements for volatile organic compounds under the 2008 ozone NAAQS).

FWS announced its 12-month finding on a petition to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the ESA; the agency found that listing the species as endangered or threatened is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions to amend the lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, and announced that it would develop a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as priorities allowed.