United States v. PPG Industries, Inc., No. 2:24-04771 (D.N.J. Apr. 11, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant must design and implement the components of the remedy selected for the Riverside Industrial Park Superfund Site in Newark, New Jersey, that relate to waste material, sewer water, soil gas, and soil/fill material; pay a total of $3,000,000 for past response costs; and pay for future response costs.
EPA adopted FWS' categorical exclusion for restoration activities of wetland, riparian, instream, and native habitats under NEPA to use in certain water grants and loan programs administered by the Agency.
EPA proposed to revise the existing secondary sulfur dioxide NAAQS, to retain the existing secondary standards for nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, and to revise the data handling requirements for the proposed secondary sulfur oxide NAAQS.
SIP Proposal: Ohio (particulate matter rules).
The Department of Natural Resources proposed amendments to regulations governing dam and levee construction. The amendments would remove regulatory restrictions from the dam and levee safety rules and remove regulations that are duplicative with the Department of Agriculture. A hearing will be held May 16, 2024. See https://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/hearings/hearingsSearch/results/847987/348861.
The Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department proposed to adopt amendments to regulations governing the New Solar Market Development Income Tax Credit.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing Solid Waste Program permits. The amendments would, among other things, relocate and add permit exemptions, modify filing provisions and notification requirements, clarify professional engineer and geologist requirements, establish a general permit program, and update permit-by-notification and emergency facility permit provisions. A hearing will be held April 25, 2024. Comments are due May 3, 2024.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing additional solid waste facility requirements. The amendments would clarify and revise provisions concerning equipment installation, access control, design plans, construction prerequisites, operating approval, reporting obligations, waste management, closure procedures, and notifications to the Department. A hearing will be held May 1, 2024. Comments are due May 10, 2024.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing financial assurance. The amendments would remove outdated references, clarify definitions related to financial assurance mechanisms, revise closure cost estimation procedures, clarify requirements for financial assurance plans and updates to a facility’s closure cost estimate, add conditions for the release of financial assurance obligations, and add procedures for accessing funds guaranteed by a permittee’s financial assurance mechanism. A hearing will be held May 1, 2024.