EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in Sierra Club v. Jackson, No. 10-cv-0859 (D.D.C.), that requires the Agency to respond to a petition seeking EPA's objection to a CAA Title V operating permit issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority's Paradise Fossil Plant in Drakesboro, Kentucky, by February 9, 2011.
EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Jackson, No. CV-10-6029-MMM-AGR (C.D. Cal.), that establishes a deadline for the Agency to take final action on the 2007 SIP and management plan for the South Coast air quality management district.
EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement that establishes deadlines for the Agency to take action on NAAQS for the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area.
The federal agencies issued their semiannual regulatory agendas providing specific information on the status of regulations under development and revision. Rulemaking actions are grouped according to prerulemaking, proposed rules, final rules, long-term actions, and rulemaking actions completed since the April 2010 agenda. EPA's agenda can be found at 75 FR 79844.
DOE amended energy conservation standards for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners.
EPA seeks public comment on its plan for periodic retrospective review of regulations as called for by Executive Order No. 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.
EPA proposed to restrict the states' use of emission reduction credits from outside a nonattainment area to meet the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS.
United States v. City of Wyandotte, No. 2-11-cv-12181 (E.D. Mich. May 18, 2011). A settling CAA defendant responsible for permit violations at a power plant in Wyandotte, Michigan, must pay a $112,000 civil penalty, must perform a supplemental environmental project at an estimated cost of $210,000, and must install new emission controls and implement operational practices to reduce emissions.
United States v. City of Wyandotte, No. 2-11-cv-12181 (E.D. Mich. May 18, 2011). A settling CAA defendant responsible for permit violations at a power plant in Wyandotte, Michigan, must pay a $112,000 civil penalty, must perform a supplemental environmental project at an estimated cost of $210,000, and must install new emission controls and implement operational practices to reduce emissions.
United States v. Mahard Egg Farm, Inc., No. 3:11-cv-01031-N (N.D. Tex. May 18, 2011). Settling CWA defendants responsible for violations of a concentrated animal feeding operation general permit and related laws and regulations at seven of its facilities in Texas must pay a civil penalty, must take steps to bring each of its facilities into compliance, and must restore the lands to prevent future discharges to area waterways.