SIP Proposal: California (revisions to meet requirements for the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS in the Riverside County nonattainment area). 

SIP Approval: California (revisions to nonattainment new source review requirements for the 2015 ozone NAAQS in the Feather River Air Quality Management District). 

United States v. General Dynamics Corp., No. 6:24-cv-00722 (M.D. Fla. Apr. 18, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants that released and/or threatened releases of hazardous substances into the environment at the General Dynamics Longwood Superfund Site located in Longwood, Florida, must perform a remedial design and remedial action for the site, reimburse EPA for its past response costs for the site, and pay future costs related to the work. 

CEQ finalized its “Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule” to revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA. 

The Internal Revenue Service finalized regulations regarding federal income tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act for the purchase of qualifying new and previously-owned clean vehicles. 

SIP Approval: Tennessee (revisions to continuous opacity monitoring system requirements). 

SIP Proposal: California (requirements for the 2008 eight-hour ozone NAAQS and the 2015 eight-hour ozone NAAQS in the San Diego County ozone nonattainment area). 

EPA announced the release of and seeks comment on the Waste Reduction Model (WARM) version 16 and its supporting documentation. 

NMFS prohibited the retention and possession of oceanic whitetip sharks in U.S. waters of the Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and hammerhead sharks in U.S. waters of the Caribbean Sea. 

United States v. Dow Chemical Co., No. 2:21-cv-00114-MLCF-JVM (E.D. La. Jan. 8, 2024). A proposed stipulation and order modifying a consent decree changes the number of necessary flare gas recovery system (FGRS) compressors at the settling CAA defendants’ petrochemical manufacturing plant in Orange, Texas, from two to three and modifies the requirements for FGRS operation time to reflect the additional compressor.