The USDA proposed to amend several sections of the "Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement." 

United States v. Wilmette Real Estate & Mgmt. Co., LLC, No. 12-cv-2534 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 6. 2012). Settling Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act defendants that failed to make proper disclosures at 14 properties in or near Chicago, Illinois, must pay a $125,000 administrative penalty, must certify compliance with residential lead paint notification requirements, must submit a plan for replacement of all windows that are not certified lead-based paint free, and must abate lead-based paint hazards on friction and impact surfaces in 10 of the residential properties. 

In re W.R. Grace & Co., No. 01-01139 (JFK) (Bankr. Del. Apr. 10, 2012). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Big Tex Superfund site in San Antonio, Texas, must provide the United States with an allowed general unsecured claim of $2,200,000. 

United States v. South East Metals, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-00751 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 12, 2012). A settling CAA defendant responsible for violations at its Bedford Heights, Ohio, facility must pay a $15,000 civil penalty, must purchase equipment to recover refrigerant, must not accept equipment with leaking refrigerant, must require a verification statement from its suppliers, and must keep a refrigerant recovery log. 

United States v. Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co., No. 08-cv-020-WFD (D. Wyo. Apr. 16, 2012). Under an amendment to a consent decree, a settling CAA defendant responsible for violations at its refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming, must take action to offset the emissions that resulted from a fire at the facility. 

United States v. City of Memphis, No. 2:10-CV-02083-SHM-dkv (W.D. Tenn. Apr. 16, 2012). A settling CWA defendant responsible for violations concerning its sewer system must pay a $1.29 million civil penalty to the United States and Tennessee and must develop and implement a number of sewer management, operation, and maintenance programs to rehabilitate its system, including an effluent study and a sewer GPS mapping project.

United States v. Clean Harbors of Braintree, Inc., No. 11-11440 (D. Mass. Apr. 11, 2012). Under a revised consent decree, a settling EPCRA and RCRA defendant responsible for violations at its hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility in Braintree, Massachusetts, must implement a $612,500 supplemental environmental project to plant trees in low-income or minority areas in Boston and must acquire an aerial ladder fire truck for the town of Braintree at a cost of no less than $450,000. 

United States v. Saporito, No. 07-cv-03169 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 16, 2012). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Crescent Plating Works Superfund site in Chicago, Illinois, must pay $40,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site based upon their ability to pay. 

FWS initiated five-year reviews for 25 species under the ESA and announced the completion of five-year reviews for 28 species in California and Nevada. 

NOAA-Fisheries announced a prohibition on fishing for species using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska because the second seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut has been reached.