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EPA announced the availability of its proposed interim registration review decision for the pesticide tetrachlorvinphos.
EPA announced the availability of its proposed interim registration review decision for the pesticide tetrachlorvinphos.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit alleging the Forest Service was liable as a contributor under RCRA for failing to regulate use of lead ammunition by hunters in Kaibab National Forest. Environmental groups argued that, even though the Service's activity was not the direct source of ...
The Fifth Circuit granted oil and gas interest groups' and the state of Texas' petition to review NRC's issuance of a license to a private company to operate a temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel on the Permian Basin. Petitioners argued, among other things, that NRC lacked statutory au...
United States v. Apex Building Co., Inc., No. 23-cv-7838 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 5, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling TSCA defendant that conducted unlawful renovations work must perform injunctive relief and pay a $606,706 civil penalty.
EPA granted emergency exemptions under FIFRA for the use of certain pesticides to control pest outbreaks to Arizona, Hawaii, Michigan, Minnesota, and North Dakota, and denied emergency exemptions to Colorado and Nebraska.
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.
EPA finalized several amendments to the PCB regulations, including an expanded set of extraction and determinative methods that can be used to characterize and verify the cleanup of PCBs waste; amendment of the performance-based disposal option for PCB remediation waste; removal of the provision allowing PCB bulk product waste to be disposed of as roadbed material; and the addition of more flexible provisions for cleanup and disposal of waste generated by spills that occur during emergency situations.
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.
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.
United States v. NCR Corp., No. 1:19-cv-01041 (W.D. Mich. Aug. 11, 2023). A proposed agreed modification to a consent decree governs how a settling CERCLA defendant will pay response costs and perform response work at the Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site in Michigan.