United States v. PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P., No. 3:22-cv-00468-SDD-RLB (M.D. La. July 13, 2022). A settling RCRA defendant that deposited large piles of phosphogypsum, a byproduct of manufacturing phosphate and nitrogen fertilizer products, at a former phosphoric acid fertilizer facility in Geismar, Louisiana, must implement compliance projects at the facility; make RCRA hazardous waste determinations and properly manage all solid waste generated; construct a wastewater treatment plant and properly segregate stormwater and wastewater; comply with specified requirements for the ongoing closure and long-term care of the facility; provide over $84 million of financial assurance to cover the costs of such obligations; and pay a civil penalty of $1,510,023.

EPA proposed to authorize changes to Tennessee's hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

EPA authorized Tennessee's changes to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

EPA granted a petition to exclude up to 3,500 cubic yards of U019 (benzene) and U220 (toluene) industrial wastewater biological solids per year from the list of federal hazardous wastes under RCRA. 

EPA authorized changes to Michigan's hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

EPA authorized changes to Illinois' hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree that resolves a case alleging that the Agency unreasonably delayed taking action on a petition to list discarded polyvinyl chloride as hazardous waste under RCRA. 

EPA proposed to authorize changes to Hawaii's hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

EPA authorized Hawaii's changes to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

United States v. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp., No. 0:22-CV-00029-HRW (E.D. Ky. Apr. 13, 2022). A settling defendant that violated RCRA nine times at a former coke production facility in Ashland, Kentucky, between 2010 and 2012 must pay a $490,000 civil penalty, conduct site-wide sampling and analysis, and clean up four specific locations at the facility.