88 FR 60206
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.
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.
EPA proposed to enter into an administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA with Seven Seas Terminals, LLC, concerning removal action at the Mississippi Phosphates Corp. Superfund site.
EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA and RCRA with El Monte SS Properties, LLC, that would require the settling party to perform a removal action and pay response costs associated with the San Gabriel Valley Superfund site in El Monte, California.
EPA authorized changes to New Hampshire’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.
EPA proposed to authorize changes to New Hampshire’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.