In re Motors Liquidation Co., No. 09-50026 (REG) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Dec. 14, 2010). A settling CERCLA and RCRA defendant responsible for violations at the GM AC Rochester Division site in Sioux City, Iowa, must pay $6,476,634 in U.S. remediation costs incurred at the site.

United States v. DeKalb County, No. 1:10cv4039-WSD (N.D. Ga. Dec. 13, 2010). A settling CWA defendant responsible for violations at its sanitary sewer system must pay a $226,500 civil penalty to both the United States and Georgia, must perform specified injunctive measures, and must perform a supplemental environmental project valued at $600,000.

United States v. James Matteo & Sons, Inc., No. 1:10-cv-06405 (NLH-JS) (D.N.J. Dec. 9, 2010). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the James Matteo & Sons, Inc. Superfund site in Gloucester County, New Jersey, must pay $820,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. Great American Financial Resources, Inc., No. 6:10-cv-01783 (M.D. Fla. Dec. 1, 2010). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Sprague Electric Company Superfund Alternative site in Longwood, Florida, must pay all past and future U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. Combined Development Co. I, LLC, No. 1:10-cv-853 (S.D. Ohio Dec. 3, 2010). Settling Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act defendants that failed to make proper disclosures at housing units in or near Cincinnati, Ohio, must pay an administrative penalty of $7,500, must certify compliance with residential lead paint notification requirements, must submit a plan for replacement of all windows that are not certified lead-based paint free, and must abate lead-based paint hazards on friction and impact surfaces and stabilize other lead-based paint hazards.

United States v. Beazer Homes USA, Inc., No. 3:10-cv-01133 (M.D. Tenn. Dec. 2, 2010). A settling CWA defendant responsible for violations at home sites in 21 states must pay civil penalties; must develop improved pollution prevention plans for each construction site; must conduct additional site inspections and promptly correct any problems detected; must properly train construction managers and contractors; and must implement a management and internal reporting system to improve oversight of on-the-ground operations.

United States v. NCR Corp., No. 10-C-910 (E.D. Wis. Dec. 1, 2010). Settling CERCLA defendants, Brown County, Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the United States, who are responsible for polychlorinated biphenyl contamination at the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Superfund site in northeastern Wisconsin, must pay a total of $5.2 million into a set of site-specific special accounts to finance future cleanup and natural resource restoration work at the site.

EPA announced the availability of 2011 Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act grants for coastal recreation water monitoring and public notification programs.

EPA announced issuance of the final NPDES general permit for discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels for Pennsylvania and Iowa.

EPA entered into five proposed settlements under CERCLA that require the parties to pay U.S. response costs incurred at the Ward Transformer Superfund site in Raleigh, North Carolina.