EPA Region 8 proposed an amendment to a prospective purchaser agreement originally agreed to in 1994 for the Anaconda Smelter Superfund site in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Montana, that would provide for the implementation of updated institutional controls and updated operations and maintenance plans.

United States v. Flexsteel Industries, Inc., No. 3:22-cv-00893 (N.D. Ind. Oct. 24, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $9.8 million in connection with the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in Elkhart, Indiana.

A proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA, RCRA, and the CWA requires settling defendants to pay the United States for costs incurred responding to environmental contamination at the West Nome Tank Farm site in Nome, Alaska.

EPA finalized a rule to codify the definition of “parent company” for purposes of reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory and to require the reporting of a foreign parent company when applicable.

EPA granted final authorization to North Dakota for revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA proposed to grant final authorization to North Dakota for revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA granted final authorization to Virginia for revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA proposed to grant final authorization to Virginia for revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

United States v. Dover Chemical Corp., No. 5:17-cv-02335 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 3, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must implement projects that will restore and protect 28.5 acres of wetlands in Stark County and protect 195 acres of riparian habitat in Tuscarawas, Jefferson, Columbiana, and/or Belmont counties, pay $880,000 to Ohio to fund projects near the Dover Chemical Corporation Superfund site to protect, restore, or enhance state groundwater resources, and pay for costs incurred by Ohio and the United States to assess injuries to natural resources associated with the site.

United States v. Fort James LLC, No. 1:22-cv-395 (D.N.H. Sept. 30, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must perform a remedial action at the Chlor-Alkali Facility (Former) Superfund site in Berlin, New Hampshire, reimburse EPA for its future costs and a portion of its past costs at the site, and reimburse the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services for its future costs at the site.