(new source review permitting requirements and exemptions)

SIP Approval: California (new source review permitting requirements and exemptions)

EPA finalized revisions to the primary and secondary NAAQS for lead and associated monitoring requirements.

EPA promulgated amendments on the collection and recovery procedures for particulate matter (PM) from stationary sources.

EPA determined that the Dallas/Fort Worth moderate nonattainment area failed to attain the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS and reclassified the area as a serious ozone nonattainment area; attainment must be reached no later than June 15, 2013.

SIP Approval: California (nitrogen oxide (NOx) and PM for the San Joaquin Valley unified air pollution control district)

SIP Approval: California (nitrogen oxide (NOx) and PM for the San Joaquin Valley unified air pollution control district)

EPA amended specific provisions in the GHG reporting rule to complement the final rule published on October 28, 2010.

United States v. Unisea, Inc., No. 3:11-cv-00037-JWS (D. Alaska Mar. 9, 2011). A settling CERCLA, CWA, and EPCRA defendant that discharged ammonia and other pollutants from its facility in Unalaska must pay a $1,405,250 civil penalty to the United States, must pay a $504,125 civil assessment to Alaska, and must perform the specified injunctive relief.

EPA approved Virginia's negative declaration and request for EPA withdrawal of its CAA §§111(d) and 129 plan approval for hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) units.