NOAA announced that the semi-annual quota for spiny dogfish along the East Coast has been harvested and that no commercial activities for the species can take place until May 1, 2012. 

NOAA-Fisheries announced a 90-day finding on a petition to delist coho salmon along the southern Oregon/northern California coast; the agency found that delisting is not warranted. 

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Humboldt marten 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.

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list Sierra Nevada red fox 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.

FWS proposed to reclassify the broad-snouted caiman in Argentina from endangered to threatened under the ESA.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA for reimbursement of past U.S. response costs concerning the Biological Processors of Alabama Superfund site in Decatur, Alabama.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $185,734 in U.S. response costs incurred at the San Fernando Valley Area 1 Superfund site near Los Angeles, California. 

EPA proposed rulemaking that identifies additional fuel pathways that meet the biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, or cellulosic biofuel life-cycle GHG reduction requirements. 

EPA finalized the projected cellulosic biofuel volume for gasoline and diesel produced or imported for domestic use in 2012 and proposed an applicable volume for 2013.

EPA finalized rulemaking that identifies additional fuel pathways that meet the biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, or cellulosic biofuel life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements.