United States v. Apex Building Co., Inc., No. 23-cv-7838 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 5, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling TSCA defendant that conducted unlawful renovations work must perform injunctive relief and pay a $606,706 civil penalty.

EPA granted emergency exemptions under FIFRA for the use of certain pesticides to control pest outbreaks to Arizona, Hawaii, Michigan, Minnesota, and North Dakota, and denied emergency exemptions to Colorado and Nebraska.

EPA finalized several amendments to the PCB regulations, including an expanded set of extraction and determinative methods that can be used to characterize and verify the cleanup of PCBs waste; amendment of the performance-based disposal option for PCB remediation waste; removal of the provision allowing PCB bulk product waste to be disposed of as roadbed material; and the addition of more flexible provisions for cleanup and disposal of waste generated by spills that occur during emergency situations.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA and RCRA with El Monte SS Properties, LLC, that would require the settling party to perform a removal action and pay response costs associated with the San Gabriel Valley Superfund site in El Monte, California.

EPA authorized changes to New Hampshire’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA proposed to authorize changes to New Hampshire’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA authorized changes to Montana’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA proposed to authorize changes to Montana’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA proposed to deny the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s application for approval of the Alabama coal combustion residuals permit program.

EPA established tolerances for residues of the herbicide imazapic in or on rice, bran and rice, grain.