EPA approved Maine's request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting. 

United States v. Bristol Township, No. 2:10-cv-5049 (E.D. Pa. June 29, 2022). A proposed second amendment to a consent decree allows a settling CWA defendant that discharged pollutants from its sanitary sewer system into navigable waters, violated the operation and maintenance requirements of its NPDES permit, and violated the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law to conduct additional inflow and infiltration work through the implementation of its Inflow and Infiltration Abatement Plan, and construct a new clarifier at its waste water treatment plant. 

United States v. Toledo, Ohio, City of, No. 3:91-7646 (N.D. Ohio June 23, 2022). A proposed amendment to a consent decree requires a settling CWA defendant that violated wastewater treatment discharge permit requirements for its treatment plant and sewer system to construct separate storm sewers instead of the Swan Creek North Tunnel Extension.

EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on draft guidance for state officials submitting applications to the Agency to establish vessel sewage no-discharge zones under the CWA. 

United States v. Yuhasz Bros., LLC, No. 1:19-cv-1370 (N.D. Ohio June 7, 2022). A settling CWA defendant that discharged pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States must restore the impacted areas and/or perform mitigation. 

EPA proposed a rule revising and replacing the Agency's 2020 regulatory requirements for water quality certification under CWA §401. 

EPA approved the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality as the initial recipient for electronic data reporting for all NPDES data groups except for "No. 4 - Sewage Sludge/Biosolids Annual Program Reports." 

EPA announced the availability of drafts of recommended aquatic life ambient water quality criteria for perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid under the CWA. 

United States v. Evansville, City of, No. 3:09-cv-128 (S.D. Ind. Apr. 25, 2022). A proposed modification to a consent decree extends interim deadlines for up to five years for bid and construction dates on four integrated overflow control plan projects for settling CWA defendants with violations in connection to their operation of a municipal wastewater and sewer system.

United States v. Toledo, Ohio, City of, No. 3:91-7646 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 19, 2022). A proposed second amendment to a consent decree requires settling CWA defendants that violated their wastewater treatment discharge permit to construct separate storm sewers instead of the Swan Creek North Tunnel Extension, change one of the discharge locations, and conclude the pathogen removal study early.