75 FR 81874
EPA determined that Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, and Wyoming have failed to submit revisions to their EPA-approved SIPs to apply PSD requirements to GHG-emitting sources.
EPA determined that Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, and Wyoming have failed to submit revisions to their EPA-approved SIPs to apply PSD requirements to GHG-emitting sources.
EPA deferred until August 31, 2011, the reporting deadline for year 2010 data elements that are inputs to emission equations under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule.
(new source review permitting requirements and exemptions)
SIP Approval: California (new source review permitting requirements and exemptions)
EPA finalized revisions to the primary and secondary NAAQS for lead and associated monitoring requirements.
EPA determined that the Dallas/Fort Worth moderate nonattainment area failed to attain the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS and reclassified the area as a serious ozone nonattainment area; attainment must be reached no later than June 15, 2013.
EPA amended specific provisions in the GHG reporting rule to complement the final rule published on October 28, 2010.
EPA approved Virginia's negative declaration and request for EPA withdrawal of its CAA §§111(d) and 129 plan approval for hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) units.
United States v. Consol Energy, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-00028 (N.D. W. Va. Mar. 14, 2011). Settling CWA defendants responsible for NPDES permit violations and the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States must pay a $5.5 million civil penalty and must perform injunctive relief at six mines.
In re Motors Liquidation Corp., No. 09-50026 (REG) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Mar. 4, 2011). Settling CAA, CERCLA, and RCRA parties responsible for violations at multiple facilities and sites nationwide must pay $4,613,322 from bonds, with an additional $10.5 million in bond requirements for six non-owned sites, must provide the United States with an allowed general unsecured claim of $36,290,270 for environmental remediation at 29 non-owned sites, and must pay civil penalties for violations at multiregional sites.