A proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA, RCRA, and the CWA requires settling defendants to pay the United States for costs incurred responding to environmental contamination at the West Nome Tank Farm site in Nome, Alaska.

EPA finalized a rule to codify the definition of “parent company” for purposes of reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory and to require the reporting of a foreign parent company when applicable.

EPA granted final authorization to North Dakota for revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA proposed to grant final authorization to North Dakota for revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA granted final authorization to Virginia for revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA proposed to grant final authorization to Virginia for revisions to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

United States v. Dover Chemical Corp., No. 5:17-cv-02335 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 3, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must implement projects that will restore and protect 28.5 acres of wetlands in Stark County and protect 195 acres of riparian habitat in Tuscarawas, Jefferson, Columbiana, and/or Belmont counties, pay $880,000 to Ohio to fund projects near the Dover Chemical Corporation Superfund site to protect, restore, or enhance state groundwater resources, and pay for costs incurred by Ohio and the United States to assess injuries to natural resources associated with the site.

United States v. Fort James LLC, No. 1:22-cv-395 (D.N.H. Sept. 30, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must perform a remedial action at the Chlor-Alkali Facility (Former) Superfund site in Berlin, New Hampshire, reimburse EPA for its future costs and a portion of its past costs at the site, and reimburse the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services for its future costs at the site.

United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co., No. CV89-039-BU-SEH (D. Mont. Sept. 30, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants that released hazardous substances at the Anaconda Smelter NPL site in Deer Lodge County, Montana, must reimburse the United States for $48,000,000 in past response costs and future oversight costs that have been or will be incurred in responding to contamination at the site, pay the Forest Service $185,752 to reimburse anticipated future costs that will be spent overseeing remedial activities on Forest Service administered lands, and complete all cleanup actions required under the various records of decision, amendments thereto, and other decision documents issued by EPA for the site.

United States v. Union Electric Co. d/b/a Ameren Missouri, No. 22-cv-1038 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 28, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must perform response actions at the Findett/Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site pursuant to the June 30, 2021, Record of Decision, and pay oversight costs.