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FWS initiated five-year status reviews for 100 species in American Sāmoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington under the ESA.
FWS initiated five-year status reviews for 100 species in American Sāmoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington under the ESA.
FWS proposed to list the bushy whitlow-wort as an endangered species under the ESA, and to designate approximately 41.96 acres in Jim Hogg County, Texas, as critical habitat for the species.
FWS proposed to remove the North Park phacelia from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants due to recovery.
United States v. General Recycling of Washington, LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00329 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 12, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA, CWA, and OPA defendants must construct, monitor, and maintain a habitat restoration project and pay a total of $360,558.12 for assessment costs in connection with natural resource damages caused by releases of hazardous substances and discharges of oil from facilities located near the Lower Duwamish River.
EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the 2024 draft risk evaluation for formaldehyde prepared under TSCA.
United States v. Crowley Marine Services, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-00307 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 7, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA, CWA, and OPA defendants must purchase credits in a habitat restoration project constructed along the Lower Duwamish River, pay a total of $210,000 for natural resource damages, and pay $64,325.63 to reimburse assessment costs in connection with natural resource damages caused by releases of hazardous substances and discharges of oil from facilities located along and near the river.
EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement in Ecology Center v. U.S. EPA, No. 23-70158 (9th Cir.), that would resolve all claims in the case by establishing deadlines for EPA to take final action regarding a rulemaking under TSCA regulating lead wheel weights.
FWS designated critical habitat for 12 endangered species on the island of Hawai‘i under the ESA.
FWS designated approximately 1,160,625 acres in 13 Florida counties as critical habitat for the Florida bonneted bat under the ESA.
EPA announced a 60-day public comment period associated with release of the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Perfluorononanoic Acid and Related Salts.