EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seek public comment on proposed guidance to identify waters protected by the FWPCA consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court's SWANNC and Rapanos decisions.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $208,990 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Big River Mine Tailings Superfund site in St. Francois County, Missouri.

The Federal Highway Administration transferred to the state of Utah the responsibility for the preparation of EAs and EISs under NEPA for federal-aid highway projects.

NOAA-Fisheries announced a 90-day finding on a petition to revise critical habitat for the endangered leatherback sea turtle off the northeast ecological corridor of Puerto Rico; the agency found that revision may be warranted.

SIP Proposal: New Mexico (1997 eight-hour NAAQS for Sunland Park through 2014; see above for direct final rule).

NOAA-Fisheries established ocean salmon management measures for fisheries off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington through May 1, 2012.

OSM approved an amendment to Montana's regulatory program under SMCRA regarding bond release responsibility periods for water management facilities and other support facilities.

OSM approved an amendment to Alabama's regulatory program under SMCRA regarding license fees, annual license updates, and blaster certification fees.

United States v. Unisea, Inc., No. 3:11-cv-00037-JWS (D. Alaska Mar. 9, 2011). A settling CERCLA, CWA, and EPCRA defendant that discharged ammonia and other pollutants from its facility in Unalaska must pay a $1,405,250 civil penalty to the United States, must pay a $504,125 civil assessment to Alaska, and must perform the specified injunctive relief.

United States v. Consol Energy, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-00028 (N.D. W. Va. Mar. 14, 2011). Settling CWA defendants responsible for NPDES permit violations and the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States must pay a $5.5 million civil penalty and must perform injunctive relief at six mines.