United States v. TRAC Enterprises, LLC, No. 2:11-cv-00652 (S.D. W. Va. Sept. 23, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Custom Plating and Polishing Superfund site in Dunbar, West Virginia, must pay $72,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site. 

United States v. Alice Consolidated Mines, Inc., No. 11-00446-REB (D. Idaho Sept. 22, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund site in northern Idaho must pay $208,500 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site, must assign their interests in insurance policies to a trust, and must pay 2% of net smelter returns from any future mining activities. 

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the American eel as threatened under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review. 

EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $100,000 in past U.S. response costs concerning the Mine 2028 Superfund site in Brazil, Indiana.

EPA entered into two proposed settlement agreements under CERCLA that absolve the settling parties for past U.S. response costs incurred at the Granite Timber Superfund site in Granite County, Montana, due to an inability to pay; a deed record notice must be filed for a building on the site property. 

FWS designated approximately 47,383 acres in Sonoma County, California, as critical habitat for the distinct population segment of the California tiger salamander under the ESA. 

FWS issued final early-season hunting regulations for migratory birds in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. 

FWS removed the Lake Erie watersnake from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the ESA due to its recovery.

FWS determined endangered status under the ESA for six foreign birds found on islands in French Polynesia and in Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

FWS issued an emergency rule listing the Miami blue butterfly in the Florida Keys as endangered under the ESA, and listing the cassius blue butterfly, the ceraunus blue butterfly, and the nickerbean blue butterfly as threatened due to their similarity of appearance.