FWS established a nonessential experimental population of bull trout in the Clackamas River and its tributaries in Clackamas and Multnomah Counties, Oregon.

FWS reinstated the Virginia northern flying squirrel as endangered under the ESA as the result of a ruling in Friends of Blackwater v. Salazar, 1:09-cv-02122-EGS (D.D.C. Mar. 25, 2011).

FWS designated approximately 521.3 acres in Chaves County, New Mexico, and Pecos and Reeves Counties, Texas, as critical habitat for the Koster's springsnail, Noel's amphipod, Pecos assiminea, and Roswell springsnail.

FWS reclassified the tulotoma snail from endangered to threatened under the ESA based on a review of its status.

OSM approved, on an interim basis, an amendment to West Virginia's SMCRA program concerning permit fees and bonding rates.

OSM gave partial approval to an amendment to Wyoming's regulatory program under SMCRA concerning vegetation requirements and performance standards.

United States v. Lookout Mountain Mining & Milling Co., No. 11-0029 (D. Idaho Jan. 25, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund site in northern Idaho must assign their interest in insurance policies to a trust and must pay 2% of net smelter returns from future activities.

United States v. Blue Tee Corp., No. 5:11-civ-04004 (D. Kan. Jan. 14, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at three smelting facilities in Kansas must pay trustees a total of $180,298.27 in past assessment costs, future restoration planning costs, and operation and maintenance costs and must arrange for the purchase and transfer of a specified 80-acre parcel of property to offset injured, lost, and destroyed natural resources.

The president issued a memorandum calling upon all agencies to make regulatory compliance information and enforcement data readily accessible to the public.

The president issued Executive Order No. 13563 to improve regulation and regulatory review by federal agencies.