EPA authorized Vermont’s changes to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

EPA proposed to authorize changes to Vermont’s hazardous waste management program under RCRA.

FWS determined threatened species status for the Upper Coosa River distinct population segment of the frecklebelly madtom under the ESA, finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act to provide for conservation of the species, and designated approximately 134 river miles in Georgia and Tennessee as critical habitat.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree under the CWA and APA in Cape Fear River Watch v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, No. 1:22-cv-03809 (D.D.C.), in connection with its alleged failure to perform duties mandated by the CWA to revise the effluent limitations guidelines and promulgate pretreatment standards for the meat and poultry products industrial category.

United States v. Honeywell International Inc., No. 5:23-cv-00059 (N.D.W. Va. Feb. 22, 2023). Settling CERCLA defendants must pay for all future EPA and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection response costs and reimburse $534,165 of the United States’ past response costs in connection with the release of hazardous substances at the Hanlin-Allied-Olin Superfund site in Moundsville, West Virginia.

SIP Approval: Florida (update to materials incorporated by reference).

SIP Approval: Kentucky (modified permit application timing requirements in the federally enforceable district origin operating permits rule for Jefferson County).

SIP Approval: Mississippi (conditional approval of certain infrastructure requirements for the 2015 eight-hour ozone NAAQS).

FWS listed prostrate milkweed as endangered under the ESA, and designated approximately 661 acres in Starr and Zapata Counties, Texas, as critical habitat for the species.

DOT established regulations setting minimum standards and requirements for projects funded under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program and projects for the construction of publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) chargers under certain statutory authorities, including any EV charging infrastructure project funded with federal funds that is treated as a project on a federal-aid highway.