EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement in New York v. EPA, No. 06-1322 (D.C. Cir.), that establishes deadlines for the Agency to take action.

EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement in American Petroleum Institute v. EPA, No. 08-1277 (D.C. Cir.), that establishes deadlines for EPA's proposed and final actions.

EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under the CAA that establishes deadlines for EPA to take action relating to attainment determinations for the PM NAAQS.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in Sierra Club v. Jackson, No. 10-cv-0859 (D.D.C.), that requires the Agency to respond to a petition seeking EPA's objection to a CAA Title V operating permit issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority's Paradise Fossil Plant in Drakesboro, Kentucky, by February 9, 2011.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Jackson, No. CV-10-6029-MMM-AGR (C.D. Cal.), that establishes a deadline for the Agency to take final action on the 2007 SIP and management plan for the South Coast air quality management district.

EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement that establishes deadlines for the Agency to take action on NAAQS for the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area.

EPA granted in part and denied in part a petition seeking EPA's objection to a Title V operating permit issued to the Luke Paper Company in Luke, Maryland.

United States v. City of Newburgh, No. 08 Civ. 7378 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 30, 2010). Under a modified consent decree, 27 additional settling CERCLA parties responsible for the transportation of hazardous scrap metal materials to the Consolidated Iron and Metal Co. Superfund site in Newburgh, New York, must pay $276,655 to both the United States and to five of the parties to the original consent decree.

NOAA-Fisheries announced the adoption of an ESA recovery plan for the sperm whale.

EPA gave tentative approval to Wisconsin's public water system supervision program, which does not cover Indian country.