SIP Disapproval: New Jersey/New York (disapproval of interstate transport submission and promulgation of an FIP). 

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to reclassify the Torghar Hills population of straight-horned markhor from endangered to threatened under the ESA; the agency found that reclassification may be warranted and initiated a status review.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to sell the Agawam Sportsman's Club Superfund site in Massachusetts and to distribute 90% of the proceeds to the United States for past response costs incurred at the site and 10% to the city of Agawam for property tax arrears.

EPA expanded the list of acceptable substitutes for ozone-depleting substances in the refrigeration and air conditioning, solvent cleaning, and fire suppression sectors.

SIP Proposal: California (partial approval of revisions to the 1997 fine PM NAAQS, deadline extension for attainment to April 5, 2015, and disapproval of contingency measures for the Los Angeles-South Coast area). 

SIP Proposal: Missouri (NOx waiver for the St. Louis metropolitan eight-hour ozone nonattainment area; see above for direct final rule). 

FWS listed the hellbender and its two subspecies under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

The president proclaimed October 2011 as National Energy Action Month.

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Bay skipper as threatened or endangered under the ESA and to designate critical habitat; the agency found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review. 

EPA-New England Region determined that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the coastal waters of Outer Cape Cod in Massachusetts.