88 FR 46155
EPA announced a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA and RCRA concerning the Delphi 1 Anderson Site in Anderson, Indiana.
EPA announced a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA and RCRA concerning the Delphi 1 Anderson Site in Anderson, Indiana.
United States v. J.R. Simplot Co., No. 1:23-cv-322 (D. Wyo. July 11, 2023). A settling RCRA, CAA, CERCLA, and EPCRA defendant must pay a $1.5 million civil penalty; implement compliance projects at its phosphoric acid and fertilizer manufacturing plant located near Pocatello, Idaho, known as the Don Plant; comply with specified requirements for management of wastes or other materials at the facility and in the facility’s phosphogypsum stack system; comply with specified requirements for the eventual closure and long-term care of the facility and provide financial assurance to cover the estimated cost of such obligations; continue groundwater and surface monitoring and reporting as required by a prior CERCLA consent decree; comply with specified operational practices for air emissions controls and replace the existing cooling towers with cooling pond(s) to reduce fluoride emissions into the air from the Don Plant; and revise the annual Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Forms it submitted under EPCRA for years 2004-2012 to include estimates of compounds that previously were not included.
EPA added 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. Massachusetts Electric Co., No. 1:23- cv-11524 (D. Mass. July 7, 2023). A settling CERCLA defendant must provide $5.38 million to federal and state natural resources trustees to undertake habitat restoration work in the coastal area in the vicinity of the former Gloucester Gas Light Company Manufactured Gas Plant in Gloucester, Massachusetts, for damages relating to the release of hazardous substances to soils, sediments, groundwater, and surface water from the plant.
EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the "2023 Draft Supplement to the 1,4-Dioxane Risk Evaluation'' prepared under TSCA that is being submitted to the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals for peer review.
EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the “Examination of Microcosm/Mesocosm Studies for Evaluating the Effects of Atrazine on Aquatic Plant Communities” that is being submitted to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel for peer review.
EPA entered into a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement under CERCLA concerning the Marko Engraving & Art Corp. site in Fairview, New Jersey.
EPA updated the list of chemicals subject to toxic chemical release reporting under EPCRA and the Pollution Prevention Act, identifying nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that must be reported.
EPA announced the start of the 2024 submission period for the TSCA Chemical Data Reporting rule.
EPA announced a proposed administrative settlement agreement under a proposed prospective purchaser agreement pursuant to CERCLA and RCRA concerning the Buick City site in Flint, Michigan.