EPA adjusted the level of the maximum (and minimum) statutory civil monetary penalty amounts under the statutes the Agency administers.

DOT announced the statutorily-prescribed 2023 adjustment to civil penalty amounts that may be imposed for violations of certain Department regulations.

The Internal Revenue Service announced that a petition had been filed requesting that polyphenylene sulfide be added to the list of taxable substances under §4672(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

EPA announced a proposed settlement comprised of two administrative agreements in which settling CERCLA defendants must pay $1.2 million in reimbursement of past response costs paid by the United States in connection with an ongoing removal action at the Wells G&H Superfund site in Woburn, Massachusetts.

The Census Bureau announced the list of areas that qualified as urban based on the results of the 2020 Census for the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas.

The Bureau of Reclamation announced that it plans to consult with federally recognized Indian tribes in the agency's 17 western states on implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act as it applies to tribes.

The Internal Revenue Service announced that a petition had been filed requesting that polyoxymethylene be added to the list of taxable substances under §4672(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

EPA approved the Michigan Environment, Great Lakes, & Energy request to revise or modify certain of its Agency-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.

United States v. Buckhorn, Inc., No. 22-8989 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 20, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $1,855,500 for response costs EPA incurred responding to the New Idria Mercury Mine site in San Benito County, California.

United States v. Alden Leeds, Inc., No. 2:22-cv-07326 (D.N.J. Dec. 16, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must pay $150 million in cleanup costs incurred and to be incurred at Operable Unit 2 and Operable Unit 4 of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site in New Jersey.