United States v. United Illuminating Co., No. 11-cv-121 (D. Conn. Jan. 24, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the East Main Street Disposal Area site in New Haven County, Connecticut, must pay $464,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. HOVENSA L.L.C., No. 1:11-cv-6 (D.V.I. Jan. 26, 2011). A settling CAA defendant responsible for violations at its petroleum refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, must pay civil penalties and must perform injunctive relief to reduce emissions at the facility.

SIP Proposal: Illinois (NOx waiver request for the Chicago-Gary-Lake County, Illinois-Indiana, and St. Louis, Missouri-Illinois, eight-hour ozone nonattainment areas).

NOAA-Fisheries announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list Alabama shad as threatened or endangered and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted.

NOAA-Fisheries announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Texas pipefish as threatened or endangered under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted.

EPA announced the release of the draft report titled, Aquatic Ecosystems, Water Quality, and Global Change: Challenges of Conducting Multi-Stressor Vulnerability Assessments, for public comment.

EPA announced that it intends to approve revisions to Utah's public water system supervision program, except for Indian country.

EPA entered into a settlement agreement under CERCLA determining that the settling party is unable to pay U.S. response costs incurred at the 10000 Havana Street Superfund site in Henderson, Colorado.

EPA Region IX proposed to approve Arizona's municipal solid waste landfill permit program.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $25,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Auclair Superfund site on the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Reservation in Riverside County, California.