EPA proposed to approve revisions to Louisiana's Underground Injection Control Program that would allow permits for and ensure compliance of geologic carbon sequestration facilities as Class VI wells for primacy under the SDWA.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seeks comment on possible commercial wind energy leasing on the outer continental shelf in the Gulf of Maine.

EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under the CWA and the APA in Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA, No. 21-71306 (9th Cir.), which would require the Agency to take specified steps with respect to implementation of the 2021 pesticide general permit (PGP), complete ESA consultation of the 2026 PGP, and propose for public comment certain changes to its monitoring and recordkeeping provisions.

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 Bureau of Ocean Energy management announced the availability of new outer continental shelf official protraction diagrams and official protraction aliquot diagrams depicting geographic areas in the Gulf of Mexico, which may be used for the description of potential renewable energy and mineral lease sales in the geographic areas that the diagrams represent.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement clarified and formalized its regulations related to decommissioning responsibilities of outer continental shelf oil, gas, and sulfur lessees and grant holders.

NOAA announced its intention to prepare a National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy in accordance with the Coral Reef Conservation Act, providing the public with background on the scoping, seeking specific input, and providing a general opportunity for comment the administration can consider while developing the national strategy.

EPA proposed to revise the Consumer Confidence Report Rule in accordance with America's Water Infrastructure Act and to require reporting of compliance monitoring data to the Agency.

EPA proposed a national primary drinking water regulation and health-based maximum contaminant level goals for perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) and its ammonium salt (also known as a GenX chemicals), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS), and their mixtures, as well as for perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid under the SDWA.

United States v. Holyoke, Massachusetts, City of, No. 19-cv-10332-MGM (D. Mass. Mar. 22, 2023). A settling CWA defendant that discharged pollutants from unpermitted components of its sewer collection system to the Connecticut River must separate portions of the sewer collection system, upgrade certain elements of the combined sewer system, implement an illicit discharge detection and elimination program to address stormwater discharges, and pay a $50,000 civil penalty.