FWS announced the availability of the draft revised National European Green Crab Management and Control Plan. 

EPA announced the release of and seeks comment on the Waste Reduction Model (WARM) version 16 and its supporting documentation. 

NMFS extended the region-wide moratorium on the harvest of gold corals in the U.S. Pacific Islands through June 30, 2028, in order to prevent overfishing and to stimulate research on gold corals. 

NMFS issued a rule under the Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibiting the take of humpback whales within 200 nautical miles of the islands of Hawaii. 

FWS proposed to list the coal darter as a threatened species under the ESA, with a rule issued under §4(d) of the Act to provide for the conservation of the species. 

FWS announced findings that the following 10 species are not warranted for listing as endangered or threatened under the ESA: Hupp’s Hill cave beetle, Hubbard’s cave beetle, overlooked cave beetle, Shenandoah cave beetle, Little Kennedy cave beetle, Holsinger’s cave beetle, Hubricht’s cave beetle, silken cave beetle, Pinaleño talussnail, and San Xavier talussnail. 

FWS proposed to list the West Virginia spring salamander as an endangered species and to designate critical habitat under the ESA.

In re: Mallinckrodt PLC, No. 20-12522 (D. Del. Dec. 4, 2023). A proposed settlement agreement grants the United States an allowed unsecured claim against a settling CERCLA defendant on behalf of DOI in the amount of $56,880,784, and for EPA in the amount of $499,216, for past costs and future liability as a potential liable party at the Sangamo Electric Dump/Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Site. 

United States v. Heritage-Crystal Clean, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-00303 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 7, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling RCRA defendant that allegedly violated various hazardous waste management requirements at five of its facilities must comply with extensive measures to assure its facilities do not manage used parts washing solvent that is subject to regulation as hazardous waste and pay civil penalties totaling $1,162,500.

United States v. TCI Pacific Communications LLC, No. 23-4218 (C.D. Ill. Dec. 5, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CERCLA defendant must pay a total of $368,831.16 in EPA’s response costs and perform remedial work with respect to Operable Unit 4 of the DePue/New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp. Superfund Site in DePue, Illinois.