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. 

EPA, due to new information, withdrew its proposal to exclude (or delist) from the lists of hazardous wastes landfill leachate generated by Republic Services, Inc./BFI Gulf West Landfill in Anahuac, Texas. 

United States v. M/V COSCO BUSAN, No. 07-6045 SC (N.D. Cal. Sept. 19, 2011). Settling CWA, National Marine Sanctuaries Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Park System Resource Protection Act defendants responsible for an oil spill into the San Francisco Bay must pay U.S. response costs, natural resource damages, and assessment costs; must compensate for lost recreation uses; and must pay a penalty imposed by California.

EPA proposed to authorize revisions to Louisiana's hazardous waste program under RCRA; see above for direct final rule.

EPA proposed to revise land disposal restriction treatment standards for hazardous wastes from the production of carbamates and carbamate commercial chemical products; see above for direct final rule.

United States v. Santos/Alviso Partnership, L.P., No. CV 11-04139 HRL (N.D. Cal. Aug. 23, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the South Bay Asbestos Superfund site in San Jose, California, must provide access to the landfill property, must inspect and maintain an existing cap on the landfill property, and must execute and record a covenant to protect the existing cap.

United States v. Schwab Family Partnership, No. 2:10-cv-00412-JD (E.D. Pa. Aug. 30, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Franklin Smelting and Slag Superfund sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, must pay $2,783,750 to the United States and $491,250 to Pennsylvania in past response costs incurred at the sites, must assign their rights to any future recovery on insurance policies related to business operations at the sites, and must contribute the net proceeds from the sale of two properties by one of the settling defendants.

United States v. City of Elkhart, No. 2:11CV328 (N.D. Ind. Sept. 6, 2011). A settling CWA defendant that discharged untreated sewage from its combined sewer collection system into waters of the United States must pay an $87,000 civil penalty to the United States and Indiana and must upgrade and expand its sewage collection, storage, conveyance, and treatment system at a cost of approximately $155.6 million by no later than July 1, 2033. 

United States v. Jacob Goldberg & Son, Inc., No. 3237 (CS) (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Port Refinery Superfund site in Rye Brook, New York, must pay $215,250 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.