EPA proposed to authorize revisions to Louisiana's hazardous waste program under RCRA; see above for direct final rule.

EPA proposed to revise land disposal restriction treatment standards for hazardous wastes from the production of carbamates and carbamate commercial chemical products; see above for direct final rule.

United States v. Santos/Alviso Partnership, L.P., No. CV 11-04139 HRL (N.D. Cal. Aug. 23, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the South Bay Asbestos Superfund site in San Jose, California, must provide access to the landfill property, must inspect and maintain an existing cap on the landfill property, and must execute and record a covenant to protect the existing cap.

United States v. Schwab Family Partnership, No. 2:10-cv-00412-JD (E.D. Pa. Aug. 30, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Franklin Smelting and Slag Superfund sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, must pay $2,783,750 to the United States and $491,250 to Pennsylvania in past response costs incurred at the sites, must assign their rights to any future recovery on insurance policies related to business operations at the sites, and must contribute the net proceeds from the sale of two properties by one of the settling defendants.

United States v. Jacob Goldberg & Son, Inc., No. 3237 (CS) (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Port Refinery Superfund site in Rye Brook, New York, must pay $215,250 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site. 

EPA entered into two proposed administrative settlement agreements under CERCLA that require the settling parties to provide long-term access for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the plume pump and treat infrastructure at the Bountiful/Woods Cross 5th South PCE Plume site in Davis County, Utah.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement and order on consent under CERCLA that requires the settling parties to pay $50,000 in future U.S. response costs at the Reclamation Oil Superfund site in Detroit, Michigan, and to perform detailed removal action at the site at an estimated cost of $1,016,863.

EPA approved Oregon's UST program for petroleum and hazardous substances under RCRA. 

The NRC seeks public comment on proposed revisions to its enforcement policy. 

United States v. City of Newburgh, No. 08 Civ. 7378 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 12, 2011). Under a modified consent decree, additional settling CERCLA PRPs must pay $200,400 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Consolidated Iron and Metal Company Superfund site in Newburgh, New York.