SIP Proposal: Nevada (second 10-year limited maintenance plan for the carbon monoxide NAAQS in the Las Vegas Valley area).

United States v. Advanced Flow Engineering, Inc., No. 5:21-cv-01249 (C.D. Cal. July 27, 2021). A settling CAA defendant that manufactured and sold motor vehicle parts that bypass, defeat, and/or render inoperative the vehicle's installed emission controls, commonly known as "defeat devices," must pay a civil penalty and is prohibited from (1) manufacturing, selling, or installing defeat devices; (2) providing technical support for defeat devices; (3) transferring intellectual property for defeat devices; and (4) owning any interest in any person or entity that manufacturers, sells, offers to sell, or installs defeat devices or earning income from the distribution or installation of defeat devices.

FERC amended its regulations to incorporate by reference updates to business practice standards for interstate natural gas pipelines.

United States v. Noble Energy, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-2165 (D. Colo. Aug. 10, 2021). Settling CWA defendants whose violations include an unauthorized discharge of oil and failure to comply with regulations issued to prevent and respond to oil spills must perform injunctive relief and pay a total civil penalty of $1,000,000. 

EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on its draft Integrated Risk Information System Toxicological Review of Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA) and Related Compound Ammonium Perfluorobutanoic Acid.

FWS proposed to list the Guadalupe fatmucket, Texas fatmucket, Guadalupe orb, Texas pimpleback, and false spike as endangered species under the ESA, and proposed to list the Texas fawnsfoot as a threatened species with a rule under §4(d) of the Act.

SIP Approval: California (emissions of volatile organic compounds from gasoline transfers at bulk gasoline terminals storage in the Imperial County air pollution control district).

A proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA requires settling defendants that contributed to the release of hazardous substances at the Metal Bank Superfund site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to pay $950,000.

The Subcommittee on Aquaculture seeks comment on science and regulatory efficiency strategic plans that outline opportunities for interagency science and technology coordination to improve regulatory efficiency, research and technology development, and economic growth.

SIP Approval: Alaska (requirements for the Fairbanks North Star Borough 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter nonattainment area).