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89 FR 26931

United States v. Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians of California, No. 2:24-cv-01044-KJM-CKD (E.D. Cal. Apr. 9, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling SDWA defendant must pay a civil penalty of $8,963 and perform injunctive relief measures including demonstrating compliance with surface water treatment requirements, providing boil water notices and alternative water supply, and developing and implementing an extensive operation and maintenance plan for the Grindstone Indian Rancheria Public Water System. 

89 FR 26931

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.

89 FR 26141

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. 

Kentucky v. Federal Highway Administration

A district court granted summary judgment for 21 states in a challenge to the Federal Highway Administration's (FHwA's) rule requiring each state to set declining targets for tailpipe carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from vehicles on the National Highway System. The states argued requiring automobile ...

Sierra Club v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The D.C. Circuit denied an environmental group's petitions to review FERC's decision to grant time extensions for two developers to complete natural gas pipeline projects. The group argued FERC was too permissive in finding "good cause" to grant the extensions. The court found FERC followed its reas...

89 FR 25901

United States v. Flint Hills Resources Ingleside, LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00079 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 8, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CWA and OPA defendant that allegedly discharged about 14,000 gallons of crude oil that spilled into Corpus Christi Bay from a ruptured pipe on a dock at the defendant's crude oil storage terminal in Ingleside, Texas, must pay a total of $989,212.80. 

89 FR 25672

United States v. D.R. Horton, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-00428-AMM (N.D. Ala. Apr. 8, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CWA defendants that violated stormwater management requirements at 16 homebuilding construction sites must implement specified stormwater management practices, implement a supplemental environmental project that will cost $400,000, and pay a civil penalty of $400,000. 

89 FR 25497

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration amended and updated its regulations for implementing NEPA, and incorporated updates to its categorical exclusions.