EPA Regions 1 through 10 seek public comment on proposed revisions to general permits authorizing discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels. 

EPA Region 6 announced the availability of three TMDLs under CWA §303(d) for waters listed in Louisiana.

United States v. California, No. 4-09-CV-00437-PJH (N.D. Cal. Nov. 10, 2011). A settling defendant that violated a 1938 permit that authorized construction of Highway 1 across a portion of the Presidio of San Francisco must pay $5.5 million toward the remediation of Mountain Lake sediment contamination, must pay $4 million for repair or replacement of the overflow pipeline that drains Mountain Lake, must pay $500,000 toward certain legal costs, and must reconfigure Highway 1 drainage facilities to avoid further discharges of highway run-off to Mountain Lake. 

United States v. Town of Fort Gay, No. 3:09-0855 (S.D.W. Va. Nov. 21, 2011). A settling CWA and SDWA defendant responsible for violations at its wastewater collection and drinking water treatment facilities must comply with certain permit requirements, must prepare and submit certain reports, must make capital improvements, and must improve staffing at the facilities. 

EPA Region 6 announced the availability of 28 TMDLs for waters listed in Louisiana under CWA §303(d).

EPA proposed to approve revisions to New Mexico's public water system supervision program.

United States v. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., No. 1:11-cv-01057-UNA (D. Del. Oct. 31, 2011). A settling CWA defendant responsible for violations at its titanium dioxide production facility in Edge Moor, Delaware, must pay a $500,000 civil penalty to the United States and Delaware and must perform a comprehensive engineering study of the wastewater treatment plant and its collection system.

EPA announced a final NPDES general permit for point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United States.

EPA Region 10 issued effluent limits for six substances under the NPDES general permit for oil and gas exploration, development, and production facilities in state and federal waters in Cook Inlet, Alaska.

United States v. Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority, No. 2:11-04120 (D.N.J. July 19, 2011). A settling CWA defendant that failed to properly operate and maintain its combined sewer collection system must pay a $375,000 civil penalty, must undertake a supplemental environment project valued at $550,000, and must implement injunctive relief valued at approximately $52 million.