EPA removed saccharin and its salts from the lists of hazardous constituents, wastes, and substances under CERCLA and RCRA.

EPA approved revisions to North Carolina's hazardous waste management program.

United States v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., No. 4-07-CV-3795 (S.D. Tex. May 16, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at facilities in Houston, Odessa, and Webster, Texas, must pay $815,000 to the United States and $81,500 to Texas in response costs incurred or to be incurred at the sites.

In re Caribbean Petroleum Corp., No. 10-12553 (KG) (Bankr. D. Del. May 20, 2011). Settling CERCLA, CWA, Oil Pollution Act, and RCRA defendants responsible for violations at a petroleum distribution terminal in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, must provide the United States with general unsecured claims totaling $18,725,130 and must pay $8,200,000 in U.S. response costs and penalties.

United States v. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., No. 2-11-cv-1110-CWH (D.S.C. May 9, 2011). A settling CERCLA and Park System Resource Protection Act defendant responsible for violations at the National Park Service's Dockside II Property in Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston, South Carolina, must pay $3.6 million in U.S. response costs and damages incurred at the site, must pay $120,528.88 in natural resource damages to state and federal trustees, and must pay $29,471.12 in natural resource damage assessments to state and federal agencies.

United States v. Alsol Corp., No. 2:09-cv-03026 (JLL/CCC) (D.N.J. May 11, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants that denied EPA entry and access to the Michelin Powerhouse Superfund site in Milltown, New Jersey, must pay a $200,000 civil penalty.

United States v. SB Building Assocs., Ltd. Partnership, No. 3:08-cv-05298 (AET/LHG) (D.N.J. May 11, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Algro Knitting Mills Superfund site in Milltown, New Jersey, must pay $300,000 in penalties and past U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. HPI Products, Inc., No. 08-06133 (W.D. Mo. Apr. 26, 2011). Under a modified consent decree, a settling RCRA defendant has been given additional time to make its first civil penalty payment and to submit certain environmental reports to EPA.

United States v. Bunting Bearings, LLC, No. 3:10-CV-01527 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 27, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Eagle-Picher Superfund site in Delta, Ohio, must pay $450,000 in past U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

In re Old AII, Inc., No. 09-10478 (BLS) (Bankr. D. Del. Apr. 25, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Halaco Superfund site in Oxnard, California, must provide the United States with an allowed general unsecured claim of $2,672,800.