EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA and RCRA with El Monte SS Properties, LLC, that would require the settling party to perform a removal action and pay response costs associated with the San Gabriel Valley Superfund site in El Monte, California.

EPA authorized changes to New Hampshire’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

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

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

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

EPA proposed to deny the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s application for approval of the Alabama coal combustion residuals permit program.

EPA solicited information to assist in the potential development of non-regulatory and regulatory options to ensure the proper management of used industrial containers that held hazardous chemicals or hazardous waste, up to and including the drum reconditioning process.

EPA entered into a proposed cashout settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in Pueblo, Colorado.

EPA established tolerances for residues of the herbicide imazapic in or on rice, bran and rice, grain.

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.