EPA entered into a proposed prospective purchaser agreement under CERCLA that requires the purchaser to purchase and to conduct work to clean up soil contamination at the property, which is located in Los Angeles, California.

EPA granted a petition to delist rotary kiln incinerator (RKI) bottom ash, RKI fly ash, and RKI scrubber water blowdown generated at Eastman Chemical's Longview, Texas, facility.

SIP Proposal: Maryland (Baltimore fine particulate matter nonattainment area).

SIP Proposal: Connecticut (one-hour ozone nonattainment area).

EPA proposed to amend the NESHAPS for ferroalloys production.

SIP Approval: Maryland (infrastructure requirements for the 1997 eight-hour ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) NAAQS and the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS).

SIP Approval: Delaware (control of VOC emissions from offset lithographic printing and letterpress printing).

EPA proposed to amend the NESHAPS for mineral wool production and wool fiberglass manufacturing.

United States v. Town of Fort Gay, No. 3:09-0855 (S.D.W. Va. Nov. 21, 2011). A settling CWA and SDWA defendant responsible for violations at its wastewater collection and drinking water treatment facilities must comply with certain permit requirements, must prepare and submit certain reports, must make capital improvements, and must improve staffing at the facilities. 

NOAA-Fisheries announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the scalloped hammerhead shark or distinct population segments as threatened or endangered and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review.