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FWS and NMFS finalized revisions to portions of their regulations that implement §7 of the ESA concerning interagency cooperation procedures.
FWS and NMFS finalized revisions to portions of their regulations that implement §7 of the ESA concerning interagency cooperation procedures.
United States v. Kyocera AVX Components Corp., No. 1:24-cv-305 (W.D.N.Y. Apr. 1, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant must perform remedial action at the Olean Wellfield Superfund Site in the City of Olean, the Town of Olean, and the Town of Portville, New York, and reimburse EPA for its past and future costs regarding the remedial action.
On January 17, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce.
FWS proposed to remove the Roanoke logperch from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife due to recovery.
FWS revised the rule for the African elephant promulgated under §4(d) of the ESA in order to increase protection for the species, clarify the existing enhancement requirement, and incorporate a Party’s designation under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora National Legislation Project into various decisionmaking processes regarding imports.
EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in Sierra Club v. EPA, No. 3:24-cv-00130 (S.D.W. Va.), concerning allegations that the Agency failed to perform a mandatory duty under the CWA to establish TMDLs for certain waters located in the Lower Guyandotte River Watershed in West Virginia that are impaired due to ionic toxicity.
EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement for remedial investigation addendum/focused feasibility study under CERCLA associated with the Smeltertown site near Salida, Colorado.
EPA finalized facility response plan requirements for worst case discharges of CWA hazardous substances for onshore non-transportation-related facilities that could reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm to the environment by discharging a CWA hazardous substance into or on the navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or exclusive economic zone.
FWS withdrew the September 7, 2021, proposed rule to list the pyramid pigtoe as a threatened species under the ESA.
FWS proposed to list the pygmy three-toed sloth as a threatened species under the ESA, with a rule issued under §4(d) of the Act.