EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling parties to pay $102,161 in U.S. response costs incurred at the San Fernando Valley Area 1 Superfund Site near Los Angeles, California. 

SIP Proposal: Virginia (general conformity requirements).

SIP Proposal: New York (volatile organic compounds).

SIP Approval: Virginia (general conformity requirements).

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in Sierra Club v. Jackson, No. 1:11-cv-00035-GK (D.D.C.), that establishes deadlines for the Agency to take action on SIPs in Illinois, Maine, and Missouri and on federal implementation plans for a number of areas.

FWS announced the availability of a draft policy to provide its interpretation of "significant portion of its range" in ESA determinations.

SIP Proposal: Delaware/Maryland/New Jersey/Pennsylvania (attainment of the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS and withdrawal of disapprovals for the Philadelphia nonattainment area).

United States v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., No. 1:11-7003 (D.N.J. Dec. 1, 2011). A settling RCRA defendant responsible for violations at its treatment facility in Deepwater, New Jersey, must pay a $250,000 civil penalty and must meet specific requirements for railcars containing hazardous waste. 

United States v. Rentech Nitrogen, LLC, No. 3:11-CV-50358 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 2, 2011). A settling CAA defendant that violated PSD, operating permit, and emission limit requirements at its nitric acid plant in East Dubuque, Illinois, must pay a $108,000 civil penalty, must achieve acceptable levels of NOx, must comply with the new source performance standard for nitric acid, and must incorporate these requirements into its Title V permit.

United States v. Levine & Son, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-00480-CAB (N.D. Ohio Dec. 2, 2011). A settling CAA defendant responsible for violations at its Cleveland facility must pay a $3,500 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.