United States v. Ohio Refining Co., No. 3:24-cv-00039 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 8, 2024). Under five proposed consent decrees, settling CERCLA, CWA, and OPA defendants that released hazardous substances and oil at the Duck & Otter Creeks NRDA Site near Toledo, Ohio, must collectively pay $7,225,909 in natural resource damages (NRD) and $903,239 as reimbursement for NRD assessment costs incurred by DOI.

FWS announced 90-day findings on petitions to list Betta hendra, Betta rutilans, Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander, pygmy rabbit, Railroad Valley toad, Southern Plains bumble bee, Southwest spring firefly, white-margined penstemon, and yellow-spotted woodland salamander, finding that listing may be warranted under the ESA. 

SIP Proposal: California (disapproval of revisions to meet requirements for the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin ozone nonattainment area). 

EPA proposed revisions to previously proposed amendments to NESHAPs for Lime Manufacturing Plants; the revisions would alter the proposed emission limits for hydrogen chloride, mercury, organic hazardous air pollutants, and dioxins/furans. 

SIP Approval: Missouri (incorporation by reference of emission guidelines for municipal solid waste landfills). 

United States v. Navistar, Inc., No. 1:24-cv-00285 (S.D. Ind. Feb. 13, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants must reimburse the United States for response costs and are liable for future response costs regarding the release and threatened release of hazardous substances from a former waste oil collection, storage, and transfer facility in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

EPA proposed editorial and technical revisions to its Method 320 (Measurement of Vapor Phase Organic and Inorganic Emissions by Extractive Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy). 

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and NRC jointly seek comments on issues concerning requirements in the International Atomic Energy Agency regulations for the safe transport of radioactive materials. 

FWS proposed to remove the North Park phacelia from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants due to recovery. 

SIP Proposal: West Virginia (limited maintenance plans for the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter NAAQS for the Charleston area and the West Virginia portion of the Steubenville-Weirton area).