FERC amended its regulations pursuant to §401(a)(1) of the CWA to establish a categorical reasonable period of time for a state or tribal certifying authority to act on a water quality certification request for proposed natural gas and liquefied natural gas projects.
United States v. Nippon Paper Industries USA Co., Ltd., No. 21-cv-5204 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 22, 2021). Settling CERCLA, CWA, OPA, and Model Toxics Control Act defendants must pay to address damages and reimburse past assessment costs at the Western Port Angeles Harbor site.
Under a proposed settlement agreement, a settling OPA and CWA defendant that discharged 30,000-53,000 gallons of denatured ethanol into and near the Mississippi River must pay $282,391 to the DOI Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund to be used for restoration activities to compensate the public for recreational and aquatic injuries.
United States v. Vigor Industrial, LLC, No. 21-44 (W.D. Wash. Jan. 14, 2021). Under CERCLA, OPA, and the CWA, settling defendants that damaged natural resources by releasing and discharging hazardous substances and oil from the Vigor Shipyards facility must construct, monitor, and maintain in perpetuity two habitat restoration projects at the facility, and pay $815,816.59.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration proposed to incorporate by reference more than 20 consensus standards into the federal pipeline safety regulations.
EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the draft 2021 NPDES pesticide general permit.
EPA proposed to extend certain compliance dates under the Renewable Fuel Standard for compliance years 2019 and 2020.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration amended the federal pipeline safety regulations to ease regulatory burdens on the construction, maintenance, and operation of gas transmission, distribution, and gathering pipeline systems.
EPA proposed updates and adjustments to the 2018 fees rule established under TSCA.
EPA lowered dust-lead clearance levels from 40 to 10 micrograms per square foot for floors, and from 250 to 100 micrograms per square foot for window sills.