DOE proposed energy conservation standards for residential furnaces and for residential central air conditioners and heat pumps; see above for direct final rule.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement proposed amendments that require operators to develop and implement additional provisions in their safety and environmental management systems programs for oil, gas, and sulphur operations in the outer continental shelf. 

OSM approved, on an interim basis, an amendment to West Virginia's SMCRA program concerning permit fees and bonding rates.

OSM gave partial approval to an amendment to Wyoming's regulatory program under SMCRA concerning vegetation requirements and performance standards.

DOE amended until no later than December 31, 2012, the compliance dates for manufacturers to submit certification reports for commercial refrigeration equipment; commercial heating, ventilating, air- conditioning equipment; commercial water heating equipment; and automatic commercial ice makers under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975.

DOE adopted energy conservation standards for residential furnaces and for residential central air conditioners and heat pumps. 

United States v. Lookout Mountain Mining & Milling Co., No. 11-0029 (D. Idaho Jan. 25, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund site in northern Idaho must assign their interest in insurance policies to a trust and must pay 2% of net smelter returns from future activities.

United States v. Blue Tee Corp., No. 5:11-civ-04004 (D. Kan. Jan. 14, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at three smelting facilities in Kansas must pay trustees a total of $180,298.27 in past assessment costs, future restoration planning costs, and operation and maintenance costs and must arrange for the purchase and transfer of a specified 80-acre parcel of property to offset injured, lost, and destroyed natural resources.

OSM seeks public comment on proposed revisions to Oklahoma's regulatory program under SMCRA that would add size limitations for permanent impoundments, slope limitations affecting post-mine contours. a subsidence allegation reporting requirement, and a requirement for bond calculation at renewal.

EPA proposed to issue a site-specific treatment variance for selenium to U.S. Ecology Nevada in Beatty, Nevada, and to withdraw one for Chemical Waste Management, Inc. in Kettleman Hills, California; see above for direct final rule.