United States v. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-01647 (S.D. Ind. Aug. 19, 2022).  Two proposed consent decrees require settling CERCLA defendants to pay the United States a total of $850,000 for recovery of EPA’s unreimbursed past costs in connection with the New Castle Asbestos Site in New Castle, Indiana.

EPA announced a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA that addresses recovery of costs for a cleanup action performed by the Agency at the L & R Oil Recovery Superfund site in Shelby, North Carolina.

United States v. The Sherwin-Williams Co., No. 1:19-cv-01907-JHR-EAP (D.N.J. Aug. 9, 2022).  A proposed second modification to a consent decree under CERCLA provides for defendant's performance of the remedy for selected water bodies at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Site in Gibbsboro and Voorhees, New Jersey, in accordance with the terms of the decree and the statement of work attached to the second modification.

EPA announced a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the Bautsch Gray Mine Superfund site in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, that reflects the potentially responsible party's inability to pay a cash dollar amount and requires the party to comply with specified property requirements.

EPA proposed to add a diisononyl phthalate category to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements under EPCRA and the Pollution Prevention Act. 

United States v. January Environmental Services, Inc., No. 5:20-cv-1205 (W.D. Okla. July 27, 2022). Settling RCRA defendants that violated regulations at a used oil transportation and processing facility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, must perform corrective measures to bring the facility into compliance, ensure compliance going forward, and pay $1,900,000 in civil penalties. 

United States v. Starkist Co., No. 2:17 CV 01190-DSC (W.D. Pa. July 1, 2022). A proposed modification to a CERCLA consent decree requires settling CWA, EPCRA, and RCRA defendants to achieve and maintain compliance with the effluent limits in their NPDES permit in an alternative manner than that set forth in the original consent decree. 

United States v. PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P., No. 3:22-cv-00468-SDD-RLB (M.D. La. July 13, 2022). A settling RCRA defendant that deposited large piles of phosphogypsum, a byproduct of manufacturing phosphate and nitrogen fertilizer products, at a former phosphoric acid fertilizer facility in Geismar, Louisiana, must implement compliance projects at the facility; make RCRA hazardous waste determinations and properly manage all solid waste generated; construct a wastewater treatment plant and properly segregate stormwater and wastewater; comply with specified requirements for the ongoing closure and long-term care of the facility; provide over $84 million of financial assurance to cover the costs of such obligations; and pay a civil penalty of $1,510,023.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $355,000 to cover past response costs in connection with the Crest Rubber Superfund site in Alliance, Ohio.

EPA updated the list of chemicals subject to toxic chemical release reporting under EPCRA and the Pollution Prevention Act to include five per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.