United States v. HPI Products, Inc., No. 08-06133 (W.D. Mo. Apr. 26, 2011). Under a modified consent decree, a settling RCRA defendant has been given additional time to make its first civil penalty payment and to submit certain environmental reports to EPA.
United States v. Bunting Bearings, LLC, No. 3:10-CV-01527 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 27, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Eagle-Picher Superfund site in Delta, Ohio, must pay $450,000 in past U.S. response costs incurred at the site.
In re Old AII, Inc., No. 09-10478 (BLS) (Bankr. D. Del. Apr. 25, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Halaco Superfund site in Oxnard, California, must provide the United States with an allowed general unsecured claim of $2,672,800.
FWS seeks public comment and information to prepare a draft National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on fish, wildlife, plants, habitats, and our natural resource heritage.
EPA announced the availability of a final report titled, Problem Formulation for Human Health Risk Assessments of Pathogens in Land-Applied Biosolids.
EPA entered into a settlement under CERCLA concerning the East Calloway County Middle School Mercury Spill site in Murray, Kentucky, that requires payment of past U.S. response costs incurred at the site.
EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $208,990 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Big River Mine Tailings Superfund site in St. Francois County, Missouri.
EPA entered into two proposed administrative settlements under CERCLA and RCRA that require the settling party to perform certain cleanup actions at the Caribbean Petroleum Refining, LP facility in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and to assume responsibility for the UST systems and required cleanup work at 147 gasoline service stations.
FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Puerto Rican harlequin butterfly as endangered and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions.
FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the spot-tailed earless lizard as endangered or threatened under the ESA and to designate critical habitat; the agency found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review.