FWS determined endangered species status for the Lassics lupine under the ESA, and designated approximately 512 acres in Humboldt and Trinity Counties, California, as critical habitat for the species.

United States v. Shell Oil. Co., No. 83-cv-2379 (D. Colo. Sept. 28, 2023). A proposed amendment to a consent decree changes the manner in which a settling CERCLA defendant will pay oversight costs for Army-led environmental cleanup activities at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, and fully resolves those costs.

United States v. CR-Troy, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-463 (S.D. Ind. Sept. 26, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants must pay $3,650,000 in response costs and perform remedial measures at the Elm Street Groundwater Contamination Site in Terre Haute, Indiana.

FWS proposed to list the northwestern pond turtle and the southwestern pond turtle as threatened species under the ESA, with rules issued under §4(d) of the Act.

FWS proposed to list the short-tailed snake as a threatened species under the ESA, with a rule issued under §4(d) of the Act.

The president issued a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies regarding the restoration of healthy and abundant salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations in the Columbia River Basin.

FWS proposed to establish a nonessential experimental population of the grizzly bear within the U.S. portion of the North Cascades Ecosystem in the state of Washington under §10(j) of the ESA.

FWS withdrew the proposed rule to reclassify the Virgin Islands tree boa from endangered to threatened under the ESA, based on new information received during the rule’s public comment periods.

FWS reclassified the relict darter from endangered to threatened under the ESA, and finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act to provide for conservation of the species.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA with Sugar Pine Hotel, Inc., for the recovery of $44,192 plus interest in past response costs incurred at the Klamath Falls Motel Mercury Spill Response site.