77 FR 10387
EPA reinstated the maximum observed constituent concentrations for several listed hazardous wastes inadvertently removed by a November 8, 2000, final rule.
EPA reinstated the maximum observed constituent concentrations for several listed hazardous wastes inadvertently removed by a November 8, 2000, final rule.
United States v. NL Industries, Inc., No. 8:12-cv-00059 (D. Neb. Feb. 9, 2012). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Omaha Lead Superfund site must pay $624,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site and must pay $26,000 to the state of Nebraska.
EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay U.S. response costs incurred at the Constitution Road Drum Superfund site in Atlanta, Georgia.
EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $33,057.67 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Hidden Lane Landfill Superfund site in Sterling, Virginia.
United States v. Columbus Manufacturing, Inc., No. 4:12-cv-00471-DMR (N.D. Cal. Jan. 30, 2012). A settling CAA, CERCLA, and EPCRA defendant responsible for violations at two meat processing facilities in South San Francisco and Hayward, California, must pay a $685,446 civil penalty and must perform injunctive relief valued at over $6 million.
In re Motors Liquidation Corp., No. 09-50026 (REG) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Jan. 30, 2012). Settling CERCLA debtors responsible for violations in three states must provide the United States with an allowed general unsecured claim of $19,500,000 for the Diamond Alkali Superfund site in Newark, New Jersey, must provide an allowed general unsecured claim of $1,402,000 for the Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund site in St. Charles County, Missouri, as well as up to $448,000 in response work at the site, and must provide up to $2,448,334 in response work at the Kane & Lombard Street Drum Superfund site in Baltimore, Maryland.
United States v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., No. 1:12-cv-00428-RBK-KMW (D.N.J. Jan. 24, 2012). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Swope Oil Superfund site in Camden County, New Jersey, must pay $25,983.73 in past U.S. response costs incurred at the site, as well as all future response costs, must construct, operate, and maintain the cap required for the site, and must implement the remedy addressing groundwater contamination; the value of the work to be performed is estimated at approximately $5.1 million.
United States v. Merriam Manufacturing Co., Inc., No. 3:12-cv-00054 (D. Conn. Jan. 11, 2012). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Durham Meadows Superfund site in Durham, Connecticut, must pay $20,137,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.
EPA gave final authorization to New Mexico's hazardous waste management program under RCRA.
EPA entered into an administrative settlement under CERCLA for past U.S. response costs concerning the Constitution Road Drum Superfund site in Atlanta, Georgia.