United States v. Union Pacific Corp., No. 8:11-cv-00195 (D. Neb. June 1, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Omaha Lead Superfund site in Omaha, Nebraska, must pay $21,350,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site, must spend $3.15 million in community health education on the health risks of lead exposure, and must pay $100,000 to the DOI and $400,000 to the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.

EPA entered into a settlement under CERCLA §122(h)(1) for reimbursement of past response costs incurred at the Caraleigh Phosphate and Fertilizer Works Superfund site in Raleigh, North Carolina.

EPA seeks public comment on a proposed purchaser agreement amendment under CERCLA that requires Blue Marlin Associates to conduct a vapor intrusion study at the Fischer & Porter Superfund site in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and to take appropriate remedial measures, if necessary.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to sell the Agawam Sportsman's Club Superfund site in Massachusetts and to distribute 90% of the proceeds to the United States for past response costs incurred at the site and 10% to the city of Agawam for property tax arrears.

EPA proposed revisions to the requirements for the reporting of emergency and hazardous chemicals under EPCRA.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the NRC proposed to amend requirements governing the transportation of Class 7 radioactive materials based on recent changes to international standards.

EPA proposed to revise hazardous waste management regulations under RCRA to exclude carbon dioxide streams in geologic sequestration activities from the definition of hazardous waste under certain conditions.

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. 

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.