United States v. United Alloys & Steel Corp., No. 23-1968 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 8, 2023). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $260,000 to reimburse the United States’ past response costs regarding the Port Refinery Superfund site in New York.

EPA Region 7 entered into a proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA for recovery of past response costs concerning the Newton County Mine Tailings Superfund site in Missouri.

EPA announced a proposed cashout settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning Agency response costs at the Donna Reservoir and Canal Superfund site in Donna, Texas.

EPA announced a proposed cashout settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning Agency response costs at the Vermiculite Products Inc. Superfund site in Houston, Texas.

EPA entered into a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the JJW Metal Recycling Fire Superfund site in Carolina, Puerto Rico.

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

EPA proposed to authorize changes to Vermont’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

United States v. Honeywell International Inc., No. 5:23-cv-00059 (N.D.W. Va. Feb. 22, 2023). Settling CERCLA defendants must pay for all future EPA and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection response costs and reimburse $534,165 of the United States’ past response costs in connection with the release of hazardous substances at the Hanlin-Allied-Olin Superfund site in Moundsville, West Virginia.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA involving a mixed work and funding agreement, including a proposed compromise of up to $1.841 million in direct and indirect EPA costs associated with the Agency’s contribution to the implementation of a removal action at the Mansell Field Site in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.

EPA finalized guidance on petitions for a no migration variance (NMV) under the land disposal restrictions pursuant to RCRA for persons applying for a NMV for a waste pile temporarily located within a RCRA-permitted Subtitle C landfill cell.