EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay U.S. response costs incurred at the National Starch and Chemical Company Superfund site in Mobile, Alabama.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $20,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Industrial Street Drum Superfund site in Dearborn, Michigan.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $76,630 in past and projected future U.S. response costs incurred at the Newton County Mine Tailings Superfund site in Newton County, Missouri.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay U.S. response costs incurred at the Picayune Wood Treating Superfund site in Picayune, Mississippi. 

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay U.S. response costs incurred at the B&B Manufacturing Superfund site in Mobile, Alabama.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $1,000, plus interest, in U.S. response costs incurred at the Grants Chlorinated Solvents Superfund site in Grants, New Mexico. 

EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA that absolves the settling parties from payment of past U.S. response costs incurred at the Richfield PCE Superfund site in Sevier County, Utah, due to an inability to pay.

FWS proposed to revise the designated critical habitat for the Pacific Coast population of the western snowy plover to a total of approximately 28,261 acres in California, Oregon, and Washington.

FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Berry Cave salamander as endangered under the ESA; the agency found that listing is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions.

FWS proposed to withdraw its listing of the flat-tailed horned lizard as a threatened species under the ESA because the threat to the species is less significant than earlier believed.