75 FR 81366
EPA requested information and public comment on the reporting of inputs to emission equations under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule.
EPA requested information and public comment on the reporting of inputs to emission equations under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule.
EPA proposed to defer the reporting date of certain data elements for emission equations under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule for three years; see above for direct final rule.
United States v. Eastwood Construction, LLC, No. 3:11-cv-83 (W.D.N.C. Feb. 15, 2011). Settling CWA defendants responsible for permit violations at residential construction sites in North Carolina and South Carolina must pay a $60,000 civil penalty and must undertake compliance programs to reduce the threat of stormwater discharges at the sites.
United States v. Rutherford Oil Corp., No. 3:08-cv-231 (S.D. Tex. Feb. 2, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged pollutants into waters of the United States without a permit must pay a civil penalty and must conduct a restoration project.
SIP Proposal: Ohio (VOC rule).
United States v. Orval Kent Food Co., Inc., No. 2:11-cv-02057-JAR-JPO (D. Kan. Jan. 31, 2011). A settling CWA defendant responsible for discharges into a POTW in Baxter Springs, Kansas, must pay a $390,000 civil penalty, must increase monitoring of its discharges and install additional treatment, if necessary, and must undertake a fish restocking project at a cost of $32,500.
United States v. Lyon, No. 1:07-CV-00491-LJO-MJS (E.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Modesto Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Modesto, California, must pay $2,175,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.
SIP Proposal: Nebraska (PSD program and GHG construction permit regulations).
SIP Proposal: Illinois (NOx waiver request for the Chicago-Gary-Lake County, Illinois-Indiana, and St. Louis, Missouri-Illinois, eight-hour ozone nonattainment areas).
EPA announced the release of the draft report titled, Aquatic Ecosystems, Water Quality, and Global Change: Challenges of Conducting Multi-Stressor Vulnerability Assessments, for public comment.