88 FR 64856
FWS proposed to list the Miami cave crayfish as a threatened species under the ESA, with a rule issued under §4(d) of the Act.
FWS proposed to list the Miami cave crayfish as a threatened species under the ESA, with a rule issued under §4(d) of the Act.
FWS proposed to list the Quitobaquito tryonia as an endangered species under the ESA, and to designate approximately 6,095 square feet in Arizona as critical habitat for the species.
United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co., No. 4:23-cv-00050-BMM (D. Mont. Aug. 22, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant must (1) perform certain remedial actions to address soil contamination, (2) pay EPA $464,475.12 in reimbursement of past response costs, and (3) reimburse EPA for future costs, in connection with the release of hazardous substances at the ACM Smelter and Refinery Site in Cascade County, Montana.
NMFS proposed to change the status of pillar coral from threatened to endangered under the ESA, based on population declines and susceptibility to a recently emerged coral disease.
FWS determined endangered status for the South Sierra and South Coast distinct population segments (DPSs) of the foothill yellow-legged frog and threatened status for the species’ North Feather and Central Coast DPSs under the ESA.
NMFS designated and authorized the release of nonessential experimental populations of Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon and Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon in the McCloud and Upper Sacramento Rivers upstream of Shasta Dam, California, and established a limited set of take exceptions for the experimental populations under the ESA.
United States v. TCI Pacific Communications, LLC, No. 2:23-cv-06076 (D.N.J. Aug. 21, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant must pay $950,000 for past response costs arising from removal action by the EPA to address lead-contaminated soil at the Barth Smelting Corporation Site in Newark, New Jersey.
FWS announced findings that nine species—Alexander Archipelago wolf, Chihuahua catfish, Cooper’s cave amphipod, Georgia blind salamander, minute cave amphipod, Morrison’s cave amphipod, narrowfoot hygrotus diving beetle, pristine crayfish, and Tennessee heelsplitter—are not warranted for listing as endangered or threatened species under the ESA.
EPA proposed to enter into a cost recovery settlement agreement under CERCLA with Crown Container Transfer Station Co., Inc. concerning the Frankfort Asbestos Superfund site in Frankfort, New York.
FWS proposed to list the Tennessee clubshell, Tennessee pigtoe, and Cumberland moccasinshell as endangered species under the ESA.