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77 FR 8855

EPA Region 6 reissued the NPDES general permit authorizing discharges from exploration, development, and production facilities in the territorial seas off Texas.

77 FR 7182

United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. 1:12-cv-00284-REB (D. Colo. Feb. 6, 2012). A settling CWA defendant responsible for unauthorized discharges of oil, coal, and stormwater into waters of the United States in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming must pay a $1.5 million civil penalty, with interest; must correct deficiencies in its spill prevention, control, and countermeasure and facility response plans; and must conduct monitoring at all railyards to ensure compliance.

77 FR 5570

United States v. City & County of Honolulu, No. 94-00765 DAE-KSC (D. Haw. Jan. 30, 2012). Under an amended consent decree, a settling CWA defendant must construct a Kaneohe-Kailua Tunnel and an associated influent pump station on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, which will eliminate the need for certain storage projects. 

77 FR 4813

EPA Region 10 proposed to reissue the NPDES general permits for oil and gas exploration facilities in the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea. 

77 FR 4060

United States v. City of Baton Rouge, No. 3:01-cv-00978-FJP-CN (M.D. La. Jan. 19, 2012). Under a consent decree modification, settling CWA defendants responsible for violations at their POTWs must complete sewage collection system improvements by January 1, 2018, must install a supervisory control and data acquisition system, and must install emergency generators at over 400 pump stations. 

77 FR 2760

United States v. Triad Mining, Inc., No. 1:12-cv-0026 (S.D. Ind. Jan. 11, 2012). A settling CWA defendant that discharged pollutants into waters of the United States without authorization must pay a civil penalty and must restore and/or mitigate the impacted areas. 

77 FR 1509

United States v. Thomas Staben, No. CV-10-4419-JST (FMOx) (C.D. Cal. Dec. 30, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged dredged or fill material into waters of the United States in Somis, California, must pay a civil penalty, must restore portions of the impacted area, and must provide compensatory mitigation. 

77 FR 1726

United States v. Trinski, No. 07-C-3600 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 28, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged dredged or fill material into waters of the United States without a permit must pay a civil penalty and must donate property to the Fox Waterway Agency.

77 FR 1948

United States v. International Hospitality Assocs., No. 3:11-cv-02200 (D.P.R. Dec. 14, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged pollutants into the waters of the United States without a permit must pay a $474,240 civil penalty and must perform a supplemental environmental project valued at $32,000. 

76 FR 79710

United States v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, No. 1:11-cv-08859 (N.D. Illinois Dec. 14, 2011). A settling CWA defendant responsible for violating its NPDES permit and for discharging pollutants into waters of the United States must pay a $675,000 civil penalty to the United States and Illinois, must provide a schedule for completion and post-construction monitoring of its Tunnel and Reservoir Program, must develop a plan to control floatables in Chicago waterways, and must establish a green infrastructure program to reduce combined sewer outfall discharges, localized flooding, and stormwater impacts.