EPA authorized South Carolina’s changes to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA entered into a modified proposed cashout settlement agreement under CERCLA for recovery of response costs at the Delta Shipyard Superfund site in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA that requires a settling defendant to pay $5.25 million as partial payment for Agency response costs associated with the ITC Tank Fire Superfund site in Deer Park, Texas.

EPA Region 2 entered into a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York.

United States v. San Diego, California, County of, No. 3:22-cv-01753-JO-NLS (S.D. Cal. Apr. 7, 2023). A settling CERCLA defendant must undertake a non-time-critical removal action to address site contamination and reimburse the United States’ past and future response costs in connection with releases or threats of releases of hazardous substances at or from the Ramona Burn Dump Site in San Diego County, California, in the Palomar Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest.

In re Maxus Energy Corp., No. 16-11501(CTG) (Bankr. D. Del. Apr. 7, 2023). Under a proposed settlement agreement, settling CERCLA and RCRA defendants must pay $185 million to resolve claims concerning response actions and natural resource damages at Superfund sites in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Kearny, New Jersey; Painesville, Ohio; and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

EPA seeks public input and data to assist in the consideration of potential development of future regulations pertaining to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under CERCLA.

The Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations related to excise taxes imposed on certain chemicals and imported substances, effective July 1, 2022.

In re Betteroads Asphalt, LLC, No. 17-04156-ESL11 (Bankr. D.P.R. Mar. 21, 2032). Under a proposed CERCLA settlement agreement, EPA will have an allowed claim of $1,095,567 in connection with the PROTECO Superfund site in Penuelas, Puerto Rico.

EPA Region 8 announced a prospective lessee agreement between the United States, the state of South Dakota, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, and Agnico Eagle Limited (collectively “Agnico”), providing that Agnico will perform a reuse assessment, including surface and subsurface sampling, and pay at least $2.5 million annually to cover the cost of water treatment and site operations for the duration of the agreement at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site in Lawrence County, South Dakota.