United States v. Starkist Co., No. 2:17 CV 01190-DSC (W.D. Pa. July 1, 2022). A proposed modification to a CERCLA consent decree requires settling CWA, EPCRA, and RCRA defendants to achieve and maintain compliance with the effluent limits in their NPDES permit in an alternative manner than that set forth in the original consent decree. 

United States v. PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P., No. 3:22-cv-00468-SDD-RLB (M.D. La. July 13, 2022). A settling RCRA defendant that deposited large piles of phosphogypsum, a byproduct of manufacturing phosphate and nitrogen fertilizer products, at a former phosphoric acid fertilizer facility in Geismar, Louisiana, must implement compliance projects at the facility; make RCRA hazardous waste determinations and properly manage all solid waste generated; construct a wastewater treatment plant and properly segregate stormwater and wastewater; comply with specified requirements for the ongoing closure and long-term care of the facility; provide over $84 million of financial assurance to cover the costs of such obligations; and pay a civil penalty of $1,510,023.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $355,000 to cover past response costs in connection with the Crest Rubber Superfund site in Alliance, Ohio.

EPA updated the list of chemicals subject to toxic chemical release reporting under EPCRA and the Pollution Prevention Act to include five per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

EPA proposed to authorize changes to Tennessee's hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

EPA authorized Tennessee's changes to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA. 

EPA granted a petition to exclude up to 3,500 cubic yards of U019 (benzene) and U220 (toluene) industrial wastewater biological solids per year from the list of federal hazardous wastes under RCRA. 

United States v. Kaydon Acquisition XI, Inc., No. 2:22-cv-03759-CCC-JRA (D.N.J. June 14, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants that released and threatened to release hazardous substances at the M.C. Canfield Sons Co. site in Newark, New Jersey, must pay $1.5 million to cover past response costs. 

EPA entered into a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement under CERCLA that requires settling defendants to pay a total of $150,000 to reimburse the Agency for costs incurred at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund site in Los Angeles County, California.

EPA authorized changes to Michigan's hazardous waste management program under RCRA.