EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in in Sierra Club v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, No. 1:23-cv-01744-JDB (D.D.C.), that would establish deadlines for the Agency to sign a notice of proposed rulemaking for certain SIPs concerning regional haze.
SIP Approval: Florida (general conformity portion of the conformity rule).
EPA finalized facility response plan requirements for worst case discharges of CWA hazardous substances for onshore non-transportation-related facilities that could reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm to the environment by discharging a CWA hazardous substance into or on the navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or exclusive economic zone.
SIP Proposal: West Virginia (limited maintenance plans for the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter NAAQS for the Charleston area and the West Virginia portion of the Steubenville-Weirton area).
SIP Proposal: California (issuance of permits for stationary sources and the preconstruction review and permitting of major sources and major modifications in the Tehama County Air Pollution Control District).
FWS withdrew the September 7, 2021, proposed rule to list the pyramid pigtoe as a threatened species under the ESA.
FWS proposed to list the pygmy three-toed sloth as a threatened species under the ESA, with a rule issued under §4(d) of the Act.
NOAA seeks public input to identify coastal and marine spatial data or other critical information to inform marine spatial analyses in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
SIP Proposal: New York (regional haze).
EPA announced the availability of its final general NPDES permit for water discharges from facilities classified as low threat located in the Navajo Nation.