EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $25,000 in past and projected U.S. response costs at the ICG Castings, Inc., Dowagiac Superfund site in Dowagiac, Michigan, and to perform specified response activities for the site.

SIP Proposal: South Carolina (reasonably available control technology requirements for the bi-state Charlotte area).

SIP Approval: South Carolina (reasonably available control technology requirements for the bi-state Charlotte area).

United States v. Occidental Chemical Corp., No. 11-CV-7149 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 15, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Occidental Chemical Corporation Superfund site in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, must pay $2,130,600.88 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site, must pay all future response costs, and must continue to work on one operable unit at the site.

United States v. General Electric Co., No. 1:10-cv-404 MCA/RHS (D.N.M. Nov. 7, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Northeast Church Rock Mine Superfund site in McKinley County, New Mexico, must pay $1,905,166.60 in U.S. response costs and interest incurred at the site.

EPA extended the date for farms to comply with spill prevention, control, and countermeasure plans to May 10, 2013.

SIP Proposal: particulate matter emissions for the South Coast air quality management district.

EPA established air quality designations for the 2008 lead NAAQS for most areas in the United States, including Indian country.

SIP Proposal: California (volatile organic compound emissions for the Placer County air pollution control district and the Sacramento metropolitan air quality management district).

SIP Approval: Virginia (update of regulations).