EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in El Comité Para el Bienestar de Earlimart v. Jackson, No. 11-cv-3779 (N.D. Cal), that establishes a deadline for the Agency to take action on an SIP and other regulations for the San Joaquin Valley.
EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in National Parks Conservation Ass'n v. Jackson, No. 1:11-cv-1548 (D.D.C.), that establishes deadlines for the Agency to take action on regional haze federal implementation plans and SIPs in 44 states.
EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a joint proposal to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for model years 2017-2025.
FWS proposed to designate approximately 375,562 acres in Idaho and Washington as critical habitat for the southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou.
EPA announced the availability for public comment of its proposed decision identifying three water quality limited segments and associated pollutants in Louisiana to be listed under CWA §303(d).
SIP Approval: Louisiana (attainment of the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS for the Baton Rouge moderate nonattainment area).
SIP Proposal: Maine (regional haze program through 2018).
EPA amended specific provisions in the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule and extended the 2012 reporting deadline by six months.
United States v. California, No. 4-09-CV-00437-PJH (N.D. Cal. Nov. 10, 2011). A settling defendant that violated a 1938 permit that authorized construction of Highway 1 across a portion of the Presidio of San Francisco must pay $5.5 million toward the remediation of Mountain Lake sediment contamination, must pay $4 million for repair or replacement of the overflow pipeline that drains Mountain Lake, must pay $500,000 toward certain legal costs, and must reconfigure Highway 1 drainage facilities to avoid further discharges of highway run-off to Mountain Lake.