FWS reclassified the tulotoma snail from endangered to threatened under the ESA based on a review of its status.

vUnited States v. Western Reman Industrial Inc., No. 11-cv-00008 (N.D. Ind. Jan. 10, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the former Grissom Air Force Base in Peru, Indiana, must pay $300,000 in past and future U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. Lookout Mountain Mining & Milling Co., No. 11-0029 (D. Idaho Jan. 25, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund site in northern Idaho must assign their interest in insurance policies to a trust and must pay 2% of net smelter returns from future activities.

United States v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co., No. 1:07-cv-1793 (W.D. La. Jan. 21, 2011). Under a modified 2008 consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant's cleanup at the Ruston Foundry Superfund site in Alexandria, Louisiana, will permit unrestricted use of the site.

United States v. Seven Out LLC, No. 3:11-cv-0009-UAMH-MCR (M.D. Fla. Jan. 5, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the BCX Tank Superfund site in Jacksonville, Florida, must pay $350,000 to the United States through their insurer and must pay the net proceeds from the sale of the site property to the United States.

In re Crucible Materials Corp., No. 09-11582 (Bankr. D. Del. Jan. 7, 2011). Settling CERCLA debtors responsible for violations at five sites in Onondaga County, New York, must provide the United States with general unsecured claims totaling $999,539; one debtor must provide an additional general unsecured claim of $20,564,000 in connection with one of the sites.

United States v. Domtar Paper Co. LLC, No. 4:11-cv-00002 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 3, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $3.2 million in U.S. response costs incurred at the Plymouth Wood Treating Plant Superfund site near Plymouth, North Carolina, before March 27, 2009, as well as any subsequent U.S. response costs, and must perform the remedial design and action specified in a September 24, 2008, record of decision.

FWS proposed to remove the Morelet's crocodile throughout its range from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife due to its recovery.

FWS proposed to revise the list of migratory birds based on new taxonomy and new evidence of occurrence, for a net increase of 19 species.

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the smooth-billed ani as threatened or endangered under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted.