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88 FR 74179

EPA entered into an administrative settlement agreement under which settling parties will transfer certain mining claims to the purchaser, which will in turn support the purchaser’s efforts to preserve the important historical structures on these mining claims at the Nelson Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock Superfund Site in Mineral County, Colorado.

88 FR 72216

EPA proposed to issue regulations to implement certain provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act; the proposed rulemakings would establish a program for the management of hydrofluorocarbons and alternative RCRA standards for spent ignitable refrigerants being recycled for reuse.

88 FR 71761

EPA denied a petition from American Forest and Paper Association requesting amendments to the Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials regulations under RCRA. 

88 FR 71378

United States v. Dravo Corp., No. 8:01-cv-00500-JFB-TBT (D. Neb. Oct. 10, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant must pay $131,067 for response costs incurred and to be incurred by EPA at the Hastings Groundwater Contamination Superfund site.

88 FR 69959

United States v. Smith and Edwards Co., No. 1:23-cv-00108-HCN (D. Utah Sept. 29, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants will pay $2,290,065 and $300,000 to reimburse EPA’s response costs in connection with an emergency removal action at the Ogden Swift Building Superfund site in Ogden, Utah, and settling federal agencies will pay $2,290,065 to resolve a potential counterclaim against the United States.

88 FR 69673

United States v. Stepan Co., No. 2:23-cv-20769-KM-JRA (D.N.J. Sept. 29, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant must perform response actions to address chemically contaminated soils at the Maywood Chemical Company Superfund site, pay future oversight costs, and pay $362,853.28 to the United States and $15,593.62 to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for past costs.

88 FR 68672

United States v. Shell Oil. Co., No. 83-cv-2379 (D. Colo. Sept. 28, 2023). A proposed amendment to a consent decree changes the manner in which a settling CERCLA defendant will pay oversight costs for Army-led environmental cleanup activities at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, and fully resolves those costs.

88 FR 68149

United States v. CR-Troy, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-463 (S.D. Ind. Sept. 26, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants must pay $3,650,000 in response costs and perform remedial measures at the Elm Street Groundwater Contamination Site in Terre Haute, Indiana.

88 FR 66000

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA with Sugar Pine Hotel, Inc., for the recovery of $44,192 plus interest in past response costs incurred at the Klamath Falls Motel Mercury Spill Response site.

88 FR 65621

EPA granted authorization to the state of Wyoming for the changes to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.