EPA took direct final action on the authorization of Florida’s changes to its hazardous waste program under RCRA.

EPA proposed to designate perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, including their salts and structural isomers, as hazardous substances under CERCLA.

United States v. United Park City Mines Co., No. 2:19-cv-00200-BSJ (D. Utah Aug. 25, 2022).  Under a proposed consent decree concerning releases of hazardous substances at the Richardson Flat Tailings Site near Park City, Utah, settling CERCLA defendants agree to pay or cause to be paid $6,475,000 for response costs at the Richardson Flat Tailings Site, $350,000 for natural resource damages at the Richardson Flat Tailings Site, and $250,000 for response costs at the nearby Uintah Mining District Site.

In re J.J.W. Metal Corp., No. 20-04536-EAG11 (D.P.R. Aug. 26, 2022).  A proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the JJW Metal Recycling Superfund site in Carolina, Puerto Rico, will have an allowed claim in the amount of $300,000, and will be paid as a Class 6 allowed general unsecured claim under the terms of the third amended plan of reorganization in 60 monthly payments over a period of five years at 4.5% interest.

United States v. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-01647 (S.D. Ind. Aug. 19, 2022).  Two proposed consent decrees require settling CERCLA defendants to pay the United States a total of $850,000 for recovery of EPA’s unreimbursed past costs in connection with the New Castle Asbestos Site in New Castle, Indiana.

EPA announced a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA that addresses recovery of costs for a cleanup action performed by the Agency at the L & R Oil Recovery Superfund site in Shelby, North Carolina.

United States v. The Sherwin-Williams Co., No. 1:19-cv-01907-JHR-EAP (D.N.J. Aug. 9, 2022).  A proposed second modification to a consent decree under CERCLA provides for defendant's performance of the remedy for selected water bodies at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Site in Gibbsboro and Voorhees, New Jersey, in accordance with the terms of the decree and the statement of work attached to the second modification.

EPA announced a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the Bautsch Gray Mine Superfund site in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, that reflects the potentially responsible party's inability to pay a cash dollar amount and requires the party to comply with specified property requirements.

EPA proposed to add a diisononyl phthalate category to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements under EPCRA and the Pollution Prevention Act. 

United States v. January Environmental Services, Inc., No. 5:20-cv-1205 (W.D. Okla. July 27, 2022). Settling RCRA defendants that violated regulations at a used oil transportation and processing facility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, must perform corrective measures to bring the facility into compliance, ensure compliance going forward, and pay $1,900,000 in civil penalties.