United States v. Enbridge Energy, LP, No. 1:16-cv-914 (W.D. Mich. June 29, 2024). A proposed eighth modification to a consent decree concerning two separate oil spills in Michigan and Illinois in 2010 would require settling CWA and OPA defendants to investigate circumferential crack features in four pipelines; revise the methods used for assessing whether a circumferential crack must be excavated and repaired; adjust certain requirements relating to repair and mitigation of circumferential crack features; eliminate two requirements relating to circumferential cracks; and enable defendants to seek early termination of certain requirements relating to circumferential crack features.

EPA announced the availability of revised guidelines for eligible recipients (states, territories, and the District of Columbia) awarded federal grants under §319 of the CWA for the implementation of nonpoint source management programs.

United States v. Westchester Joint Water Works, No. 24 Civ. 4783 (S.D.N.Y. June 24, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling SDWA defendants that violated maximum contaminant level set by EPA for certain disinfectant byproducts in drinking water, as well as a related administrative order requiring construction of a water filtration plant by specified deadlines, must (1) build and commence operation of a drinking water filtration plant by July 1, 2029; (2) implement measures to ensure the safety of its water supply until the filtration plant is operational; (3) pay a total of $1,250,000 in civil penalties; and (4) spend at least $900,000 on a supplemental environmental project to improve source water quality and at least $6,800,000 on two state water quality benefit projects.