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89 FR 49175

EPA proposed to enter into individual CERCLA settlements with seven additional parties concerning the recovery of cleanup costs at Bennett Landfill Fire Site in Chester, South Carolina. 

Mid Valley Pipeline Co., L.L.C. v. Rodgers

The Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a constitutional challenge brought by a pipeline company concerning a 1949 permit a local levee board granted to the company to construct and maintain two pipelines across a levee in Mayersville, Mississippi. The company argued the board violated the Contracts...

89 FR 48774

EPA determined that Alabama’s coal combustion residuals permit program does not meet the standard for approval under RCRA. 

89 FR 48523

SIP Proposal: Pennsylvania (revisions to attainment plan for the Indiana, Pennsylvania 2010 one-hour sulfur dioxide nonattainment area). 

89 FR 48532

SIP Proposal: Connecticut (removal of State Order Nos. 7002B and 2087 and addition of Consent Order No. 8381). 

89 FR 48674

DOI proposed to revise seven categorical exclusions under NEPA in the Bureau of Reclamation’s NEPA implementing procedures. 

89 FR 47988

United States v. Union Carbide Corp., No. 1:24-cv-01463 (D. Colo. May 23, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants must pay $600,000 to reimburse response costs incurred at the Uravan Uranium Project Superfund Site in Montrose County, Colorado, and to comply with institutional controls and other requirements for property owned within the site. 

Friends of the Inyo v. United States Forest Service

The Ninth Circuit, 2-1, reversed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a challenge to its approval of a mineral exploration project on land in Inyo National Forest. Environmental groups argued the Service violated NEPA by combing two categorical exclusions (CEs) when neither alone could be invo...

Plaquemines Parish v. BP America Production Co.

The Fifth Circuit, 2-1, affirmed two district courts' orders remanding to state court lawsuits brought by Louisiana parishes against various oil and gas companies. The parishes initially sued in state court, arguing the companies violated Louisiana’s State and Local Coastal Resources Management Ac...

Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency

The D.C. Circuit rejected challenges to renewable fuels standards EPA set for 2020, 2021, and 2022. Cellulosic biofuel producers argued the standards were set too low, and petroleum refiners argued they were set too high. Specifically, the biofuel producers argued EPA misinterpreted or unreasonably ...