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.

United States v. City of Newburgh, No. 08 Civ. 7378 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 30, 2010). Under a modified consent decree, 27 additional settling CERCLA parties responsible for the transportation of hazardous scrap metal materials to the Consolidated Iron and Metal Co. Superfund site in Newburgh, New York, must pay $276,655 to both the United States and to five of the parties to the original consent decree.

EPA gave tentative approval to Wisconsin's public water system supervision program, which does not cover Indian country.

EPA proposed to approve revisions to South Dakota's hazardous waste management program.

United States v. Eastwood Construction, LLC, No. 3:11-cv-83 (W.D.N.C. Feb. 15, 2011). Settling CWA defendants responsible for permit violations at residential construction sites in North Carolina and South Carolina must pay a $60,000 civil penalty and must undertake compliance programs to reduce the threat of stormwater discharges at the sites.