NMFS announced the initiation of five-year reviews for the Maui’s dolphin and South Island Hector’s dolphin.

United States v. Santolubes, LLC, No.24-cv-807 (E.D. Mo. June 10, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants must pay $300,000 for response costs incurred at the Findett/Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund site in St. Charles County, Missouri.

SIP Proposal: Nevada (revisions concerning particulate matter emissions from woodburning devices in Washoe County).

EPA proposed to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) under its conditions of use as documented in the Agency's risk evaluation and risk determination for NMP pursuant to TSCA.

EPA announced the availability of acute freshwater aquatic life screening values for 6PPD and its transformation product 6PPD-quinone. 

EPA established requirements for commercial refrigerating appliances and commercial ice machines, safe use of flammable refrigerants, and safe design, construction, installation, and operation of refrigeration systems; and listed several substitutes as acceptable for retail food refrigeration, commercial ice machines, industrial process refrigeration, cold storage warehouses, and ice skating rinks, pursuant to the Agency's significant new alternatives policy program.