The Pollution Control Board adopted amendments to regulations governing sewer discharge criteria. The amendments align Illinois wastewater pretreatment requirements with regulations adopted by EPA during the second half of 2023, update incorporations by reference, and make non-substantive corrections. See https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/index/register/volume48/register_volume48_22.pdf (pp. 8106-30).
The Department of Environmental Quality proposed amendments to regulations governing individual/subsurface sewage disposal and septic tank cleaning. The amendments would, among other things, remove and replace definitions, revise and simplify septic tank approvals, remove specific requirements for large septic tanks, reduce setbacks to surface water, combine the cleaning of septic tank sections into one section, and simplify the permitting process for service providers. Comments are due June 26, 2024.
The Department of Agriculture adopted amendments to regulations governing conservation districts. The amendments incorporate legislative changes resulting from Acts 690 and 691 regarding the appointment and election of conservation district board members. See http://170.94.37.152/REGS/238.01.24-001F-24500.pdf.
The Department of Environmental Quality announced the availability of the State Fiscal Year 2025 (SFY25) Intended Use Plans and Project Priority Lists for the Base and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Capitalization Grants. The draft plans outline the State Revolving Fund Program’s plan for administering the base capitalization grant funding associated with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, and include the general supplemental funding made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 for SFY25.
United States v. ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. LLC, No. 4:24-cv-473-KGB (E.D. Ark. June 3, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling OPA defendants must pay a total of $1,755,082 in connection with a discharge of oil from the Pegasus Pipeline into the environment in and around Mayflower, Arkansas, that migrated to waters, wetlands, and ultimately to Lake Conway.
EPA determined that Alabama’s coal combustion residuals permit program does not meet the standard for approval under RCRA.
SIP Proposal: Pennsylvania (revisions to attainment plan for the Indiana, Pennsylvania 2010 one-hour sulfur dioxide nonattainment area).
SIP Proposal: Connecticut (removal of State Order Nos. 7002B and 2087 and addition of Consent Order No. 8381).
DOI proposed to revise seven categorical exclusions under NEPA in the Bureau of Reclamation’s NEPA implementing procedures.