United States v. North Slope Borough, No. 3:22-cv-00059-JWS (D. Alaska Mar. 16, 2022). A settling RCRA and CWA defendant that violated solid and hazardous waste management practices and failed to implement spill prevention control and countermeasure (SPCC) plans must close all unpermitted hazardous waste storage facilities; minimize generation and ensure proper tracking and management of solid and hazardous waste; build or retrofit a permitted hazardous waste storage facility; revise its SPCC plans; install adequate secondary containment around oil storage containers; develop an integrity testing program for oil storage containers; and pay a civil penalty of $6.5 million. 

EPA proposed to authorize changes to Illinois' hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

EPA announced a response to a petition requesting amendments to the non-hazardous secondary materials regulations under RCRA; the Agency proposed to deny the requested amendments and to revise the definition of "paper recycling residuals" to set a numerical limit on the amount of non-fiber materials that may be included for the residuals to be considered a non-waste fuel.

United States v. To Go Stores, LLC, No. 3:22-cv-1038 (D.P.R. Jan. 21, 2022). A settling RCRA defendant that violated regulations governing USTs at 15 gas stations must install new tanks, install and operate a centralized monitoring system and new release detection equipment, and pay a civil penalty of $125,000.

EPA proposed to grant a petition to delist up to 3,500 cubic yards of U019 (benzene) and U220 (toluene) industrial wastewater biological solids per year from the list of federal hazardous wastes under RCRA. 

EPA proposed to authorize revisions to Massachusetts' hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

EPA authorized Massachusetts' revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA announced and seeks comment on the Agency's plan to allow modern electronic alternatives for public notification to satisfy regulatory provisions under Subtitle C of RCRA that require newspaper notice for certain actions.

EPA proposed to authorize Michigan's revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA codified its approval of Louisiana's hazardous waste management program and incorporated by reference authorized provisions of Louisiana's statutes and regulations under RCRA.