United States v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., No. 1:12-cv-00428-RBK-KMW (D.N.J. Jan. 24, 2012). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Swope Oil Superfund site in Camden County, New Jersey, must pay $25,983.73 in past U.S. response costs incurred at the site, as well as all future response costs, must construct, operate, and maintain the cap required for the site, and must implement the remedy addressing groundwater contamination; the value of the work to be performed is estimated at approximately $5.1 million.

FWS reinstated the May 15, 2008, interim final special rule listing the polar bear as a threatened species throughout its range under the ESA pending publication of a new special rule. 

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the San Bernardino flying squirrel as endangered or threatened and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review. 

EPA Region 10 proposed to reissue the NPDES general permits for oil and gas exploration facilities in the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea. 

EPA announced a Memorandum of Understanding to share information about genetically engineered plants and the foods derived from such plants with the U.S. Department of Human Services and the USDA.

EPA and BLM announced the availability of a Memorandum of Understanding to review risk assessments under FIFRA for the active ingredient formulations aminopyralid, fluroxpyr, and rimsulfuron and to update two other ingredients. 

SIP Proposal: Texas (nonattainment of the one-hour ozone NAAQS for the Brazoria/Galveston/Houston area).

SIP Proposal: Maryland (attainment of the one-hour ozone NAAQS for the Baltimore severe nonattainment area).

SIP Proposal: Kentucky (attainment of the 1997 fine particulate matter NAAQS for the Kentucky portion of the Huntington-Ashland nonattainment area).

EPA seeks public comment on revisions to NESHAPs for nine area source categories in the chemical manufacturing sector after receiving a petition for reconsideration of its rulemaking of October 29, 2009.