United States v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co., No. 1:07-cv-1793 (W.D. La. Jan. 21, 2011). Under a modified 2008 consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant's cleanup at the Ruston Foundry Superfund site in Alexandria, Louisiana, will permit unrestricted use of the site.

United States v. Seven Out LLC, No. 3:11-cv-0009-UAMH-MCR (M.D. Fla. Jan. 5, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the BCX Tank Superfund site in Jacksonville, Florida, must pay $350,000 to the United States through their insurer and must pay the net proceeds from the sale of the site property to the United States.

In re Crucible Materials Corp., No. 09-11582 (Bankr. D. Del. Jan. 7, 2011). Settling CERCLA debtors responsible for violations at five sites in Onondaga County, New York, must provide the United States with general unsecured claims totaling $999,539; one debtor must provide an additional general unsecured claim of $20,564,000 in connection with one of the sites.

United States v. Domtar Paper Co. LLC, No. 4:11-cv-00002 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 3, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $3.2 million in U.S. response costs incurred at the Plymouth Wood Treating Plant Superfund site near Plymouth, North Carolina, before March 27, 2009, as well as any subsequent U.S. response costs, and must perform the remedial design and action specified in a September 24, 2008, record of decision.

The president proclaimed December 6, 2010, as the 50th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

NOAA-Fisheries announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the ringed seal as a threatened or endangered species under the ESA; the agency found that listing of the Arctic, Okhotsk, Baltic, and Ladoga subspecies as threatened is warranted.

The Forest Service proposed to establish a state-specific rule to provide management direction for conserving and managing inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands in Colorado.

NOAA-Fisheries designated 3,013 square miles in Alaska as critical habitat for the Cook Inlet beluga whale distinct population segment, excluding the Port of Anchorage and portions of military lands.

FWS reclassified the Okaloosa darter from endangered to threatened under the ESA due to a substantial improvement in the species' status.

SIP Proposal: Montana (partial approval of interstate transport plan)