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. 

United States v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., No. 4:07-CV-3795 (S.D. Tex. June 27, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at facilities in Houston, Odessa, and Webster, Texas, must pay a $650,000 civil penalty in U.S. response costs incurred at the facilities. 

United States v. Seachrome Corp., No. 11-0382 (C.D. Cal. July 1, 2011). A settling CERCLA PRP responsible for violations at the South El Monte Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley Area 1 Superfund site in South El Monte, California, must pay approximately $6.8 million in U.S. and consolidated lawsuit plaintiff response costs incurred at the site, and other settling PRPs must pay $545,000 to the United States and consolidated lawsuit plaintiffs.

United States v. Western Refining Co., L.P., No. 3:11-cv-276 (W.D. Tex. June 30, 2011). A settling CAA defendant responsible for violations at its refinery in El Paso, Texas, must pay a $1.45 million civil penalty and must perform injunctive relief to reduce emissions of NOx, SO2, VOCs, and benzene at the facility. 

United States v. Atlantic Land & Improvement Co., No. 8:11-cv-01435-EAK-EAJ (M.D. Fla. June 28, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Raleigh Street Dump Superfund site in Tampa, Florida, must pay $195,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site and must perform remedial design and unrestricted remedial action at the site.

EPA announced tentative approval of Alaska's Public Water Supply Supervision Primacy Program. 

EPA announced tentative approval of Alaska's Public Water Supply Supervision Primacy Program. 

EPA-New England Region determined that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the coastal waters of Outer Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

The president issued Executive Order No. 13579 to improve regulation and regulatory review by federal agencies.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling parties to pay certain past and future U.S. response costs incurred at the Landfill and Development, Inc., Superfund site in Burlington County, New Jersey.