In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, No: MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC) (N.D. Cal. June 28, 2016). Under a partial consent decree, settling CAA defendants that used defeat devices on their vehicles to circumvent nitrogen oxide control standards during emissions testing must establish a buyback/lease termination program for all eligible owners and lessees; submit for review and approval a proposal for modifying the vehicles in question; achieve a recall rate of 85% by June 30, 2019, or augment mitigation trust funds for the United States and California; fund a trust over three years in the total amount of $2.7 billion to perform specified mitigation projects; and invest $2 billion over a 10-year period to support the increased use of zero emission vehicle technology in the United States.

NMFS proposed to remove the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin canary rockfish distinct population segment (DPS) from the list of threatened and endangered species and to remove its critical habitat designation under the ESA because the species does not qualify for such listing; the agency also updated and amended the listing description for the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin yelloweye rockfish to include an area in the northern Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Channel in waters of Canada as within its specified boundaries.

NMFS proposed to remove the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin canary rockfish distinct population segment (DPS) from the list of threatened and endangered species and to remove its critical habitat designation under the ESA because the species does not qualify for such listing; the agency also updated and amended the listing description for the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin yelloweye rockfish to include an area in the northern Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Channel in waters of Canada as within its specified boundaries.

NMFS proposed to remove the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin canary rockfish distinct population segment (DPS) from the list of threatened and endangered species and to remove its critical habitat designation under the ESA because the species does not qualify for such listing; the agency also updated and amended the listing description for the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin yelloweye rockfish to include an area in the northern Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Channel in waters of Canada as within its specified boundaries.

FWS announced 12-month findings on petitions to list the Eagle Lake rainbow trout and the Ichetucknee siltsnail as endangered or threatened species under the ESA; the agency found that listing the two species is not warranted at this time.

FWS announced 12-month findings on petitions to list the Eagle Lake rainbow trout and the Ichetucknee siltsnail as endangered or threatened species under the ESA; the agency found that listing the two species is not warranted at this time.

FWS announced 12-month findings on petitions to list the Eagle Lake rainbow trout and the Ichetucknee siltsnail as endangered or threatened species under the ESA; the agency found that listing the two species is not warranted at this time.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree under the CAA in Appleton Coated, LLC v. McCarthy, No. 1:16-cv-272 (E.D. Wis.), that establishes a deadline for the Agency to respond to a petition seeking objection to a CAA Title V permit authorizing the operation of a facility in Combined Locks, Wisconsin.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree under the CAA in Appleton Coated, LLC v. McCarthy, No. 1:16-cv-272 (E.D. Wis.), that establishes a deadline for the Agency to respond to a petition seeking objection to a CAA Title V permit authorizing the operation of a facility in Combined Locks, Wisconsin.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree under the CAA in Appleton Coated, LLC v. McCarthy, No. 1:16-cv-272 (E.D. Wis.), that establishes a deadline for the Agency to respond to a petition seeking objection to a CAA Title V permit authorizing the operation of a facility in Combined Locks, Wisconsin.