SIP Proposal: Pennsylvania (attainment of the 1997 annual fine particulate matter NAAQS for the Pennsylvania portion of the Pa./N.J./Del. nonattainment area).

SIP Approval: California (nitrogen oxide emissions for the Placer County air pollution control district and the Sacramento metro air quality management district).

United States v. BP Exploration & Oil Co., No. 2:96 CV 095 RL (N.D. Ind. July 25, 2011). Under a modified consent decree, a settling CAA defendant responsible for violations at its petroleum refinery in Texas City, Texas, must spend at least $6,250,000 in completing a natural gas conversion supplemental environment project, must convert two additional heavy-duty diesel vehicles as part of the supplemental environment project, and must allow for the conversion of heavy-duty diesel vehicles from third parties.

United States v. Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority, No. 2:11-04120 (D.N.J. July 19, 2011). A settling CWA defendant that failed to properly operate and maintain its combined sewer collection system must pay a $375,000 civil penalty, must undertake a supplemental environment project valued at $550,000, and must implement injunctive relief valued at approximately $52 million.

United States v. Chevron Puerto Rico, LLC, No. 3:11-CV-1716 (D.P.R. July 25, 2011). A settling defendant that violated RCRA and Puerto Rico UST regulations must pay a $600,000 civil penalty, must undertake two supplemental environment projects valued at approximately $3.4 million, and must implement injunctive relief valued at approximately $1.8 million.

United States v. Hertrich, No. 1:10-cv-03068-JKB (D. Md. July 20, 2011). A settling CWA defendant that discharged pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States must pay a civil penalty.

United States v. Northstar Materials, Inc., No. 0:11-cv-01950-RHK-LIB (D. Minn. July 18, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged fill material into waters of the United States must pay a civil penalty and must restore the impacted areas and/or perform mitigation.

United States v. Polyfoam Corp., No. 4:11-cv-40134 (D. Mass. July 13, 2011). A settling CAA defendant responsible for violations at its molded foam manufacturing facility in Northbridge, Massachusetts, must pay a $127,500 civil penalty and must install air emission controls to reduce VOCs.

United States v. Alltex Uniform Rental Service, Inc., No. 11-CV-342 (D.N.H. July 13, 2011). Settling CAA defendants responsible for violations at a laundry facility in Manchester, New Hampshire, must pay a $65,000 civil penalty, must purchase and retire 75 tons of emission reduction credits, must institute injunctive relief, and must perform a supplemental environmental project with a value of at least $220,000.

United States v. Fairchild Semiconductor Corp., No. 3:11-CV-01261 (M.D. Pa. July 7, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the South Mountain Boulevard TCE Superfund site in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, must pay $428,960 in past and future U.S. response costs incurred at the site.