EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under the CWA and the APA in Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. v. U.S. EPA , No. 1:20-cv-2529 (D.D.C.), which would require the Agency to take steps regarding its oversight and funding of Pennsylvania’s efforts under its CWA programs to reduce nutrient and sediment discharges within the state’s portion of the Bay watershed and evaluate by the end of 2026 how each Bay state fared in meeting the 2025 Goal set forward in the last Chesapeake Bay Agreement.

The Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations regarding the federal income tax credit for the purchase of qualifying new clean vehicles, including new plug-in electric vehicles powered by an electric battery meeting certain requirements and new qualified fuel cell vehicles, under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

The DOE Biological and Environmental Research Program seeks public input on the need for and the structure of a unified data framework that links or integrates existing data activities relating to research on biological systems, bioenergy, environmental science, and Earth system science.

The Federal Highway Administration seeks public input on the implementation of §60505, Environmental Review Implementation Funds, of the Inflation Reduction Act.

In re Maxus Energy Corp., No. 16-11501(CTG) (Bankr. D. Del. Apr. 7, 2023). Under a proposed settlement agreement, settling CERCLA and RCRA defendants must pay $185 million to resolve claims concerning response actions and natural resource damages at Superfund sites in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Kearny, New Jersey; Painesville, Ohio; and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

EPA approved the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's request to revise or modify certain of its Agency-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.

EPA provided an explanation of its decisions to deny two petitions submitted under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, the first requesting that the Agency provide an exemption for the use of certain regulated substances in pain relief sprays and the second requesting that the Agency subject gas canisters of certain regulated substances to import restrictions established under the HFC Allocation Framework Rule.

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office seeks public input in updating the National Nanotechnology Initiative Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy.

HUD proposed to revise regulations governing floodplain management and the protection of wetlands to implement the federal Flood Risk Management Standard, in accordance with Executive Order No. 16390, Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input, to improve the resilience of Department-assisted or financed projects to the effects of climate change and natural disasters, and provide for greater flexibility in the use of HUD assistance in floodways under certain circumstances.