EPA approved revisions to Ohio’s Public Water System Supervision Program under the SDWA.

United States v. Belle Fourche Pipeline Co., No. 22-00089-DLH-CRH and United States v. Bridger Pipeline LLC, No. 22-00043-BLG-SPW (D.N.D. July 31, 2023). Under a proposed partial consent decree, settling CWA defendants must perform injunctive relief and pay a $12,500,000 civil penalty for violations arising from pipeline failures that resulted in discharges of oil into an unnamed tributary to Ash Coulee Creek and the Yellowstone River.

United States v. Jackson, Mississippi, City of, No. 3:12-cv-790-HTW-LGI (S.D. Miss. July 26, 2023). A proposed stipulated order under the CWA places the operation of the sewer system of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, under the control of an interim third-party manager and requires the manager to perform substantial work, including addressing more than 200 emergency sewer failure locations, addressing prohibited bypasses of treatment prior to discharging wastewater into the Pearl River, and implementing management, operations, and maintenance programs.

United States v. Robert Yundt Homes, LLC, No. 3:23-cv-00073-JMK (D. Alaska July 24, 2023). Settling CWA defendants that discharged pollutants into waters of the United States without a permit must restore impacted areas, perform mitigation pursuant to EPA-approved restoration plans, and pay a civil penalty.

EPA gave notice that Connecticut revised its approved Public Water System Supervision program to meet the requirements of the SDWA.

United States v. Brock Maslonka, No. 2:20-cv-304-SAB, (E.D. Wash. July 14, 2023). A settling CWA defendant must restore impacted areas, perform mitigation, and pay a civil penalty for discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released the final notice of sale for commercial wind energy leasing on the outer continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. 

EPA identified certain additional water quality-limited segments for West Virginia’s Combined 2018-2020-2022 Section 303(d) list and seeks comment on those additions.

EPA Region 10 proposed to modify the NPDES general permit for concentrated animal feeding operations in Idaho excluding tribal lands.

EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under the CWA and the APA in Gunpowder Riverkeeper v. Regan, No. 1:20-cv-02063 (D.D.C.), concerning allegations that the Agency's approval of Maryland’s submission of TMDLs of PCBs for the Gunpowder and Bird Rivers was arbitrary and capricious in violation of the APA.