United States v. BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., No. 3:09-CV-00064-JWS (D. Alaska May 3, 2011). A settling CAA, CWA, and Pipeline Safety Law defendant responsible for violations in the operation of oil pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska must pay a $25 million civil penalty and must implement a comprehensive integrity management program to maintain its oil pipelines in Prudhoe Bay.

United States v. Kor, No. 10-4086 (D.S.D. Apr. 28, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged pollutants into waters of the United States without a permit must pay a civil penalty, must restore the impacted areas, and must perform mitigation.

EPA announced the availability of a final report titled, Problem Formulation for Human Health Risk Assessments of Pathogens in Land-Applied Biosolids.

EPA proposed to approve Maine's NPDES program to include the permitting of all discharges within the Indian territories of the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe.

The Federal Highway Administration transferred to the state of Utah the responsibility for the preparation of EAs and EISs under NEPA for federal-aid highway projects.

EPA announced that it has delegated to Virginia the authority to implement and enforce additional or revised NESHAPs and NSPS.

EPA announced that it has delegated to Pennsylvania the authority to implement and enforce 12 additional NESHAPs for area sources.

EPA announced delegation of authority to West Virginia to implement and enforce NESHAPs and NSPS.

SIP Proposal: Indiana (updates to definitions; see above for direct final rule).

SIP Withdrawal: Texas (disapproval of system cap trading program revisions).