EPA gave final authorization to Tennessee's hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

United States v. Atlantic Richfield, No. 3:12-civ-524 (D. Nev. Sept. 27, 2012). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Rio Tinto Mine Superfund alternative site in Elko County, Nevada, must implement the EPA-selected remedy at an estimated cost of over $25 million; must pay certain future response costs to the United States and Nevada; must pay $1,234,067 in past U.S. response costs; must pay $709,527 in resource damage assessment costs; and must pay $150,000 in past and future costs to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes.

EPA proposed to approve revisions to Idaho's hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA gave final authorization to Idaho's hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $23,000 in past U.S. response costs incurred at the Browning Lumber Co. Superfund site in Boone County, West Virginia.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA concerning past response costs at the Buckbee-Mears Co. Superfund site in Cortland, New York, that requires payment of $116,500 from an escrow account, 25% of any funds collected from principals, and a share of the proceeds from the sale of two parcels of land within the site.

Nu-West Mining, Inc. v. United States, No. 90-431-E-BLW (D. Idaho Sept. 7, 2012). A proposed CERCLA settlement allocates response costs incurred during the cleanup of four phosphate mines in Southeast Idaho between a mining company and the United States.

EPA granted a petition to exclude certain underflow water generated at the ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery from the list of a hazardous waste; the wastes are not hazardous when disposed of in a RCRA subtitle D landfill.

United States v. Richard & Vera Barefoot, No. 3:12-cv-00189 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 7, 2012). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Barefoot Disposal Superfund site in Blair County, Pennsylvania, must pay $15,000 in past and future U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. Citygas Gasoline Corp., No. CV-03-6374 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 4, 2012). Settling RCRA defendants responsible for violations of UST regulations at seven automobile fueling stations in New York must pay a $475,000 civil penalty and must perform injunctive relief to demonstrate compliance with the UST regulations.