EPA proposed the 2012 critical use exemption from the existing pre-phaseout inventory of methyl bromide under the stratospheric ozone protection program.

FWS issued its updated list of plant and animal species native to the United States that it regards as candidates for or have proposed for addition to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the ESA.

EPA announced the availability of the final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan, which identifies any new or existing industrial dischargers, both those discharging directly to surface waters and those discharging to POTWs, selected for effluent guidelines rulemaking and provides a schedule for such rulemakings. 

United States v. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., No. 11-cv-06100-SOW (W.D. Mo. Oct. 17, 2011). A settling defendant that violated regulations issued under CAA §608 addressing the venting and release of ozone-depleting substances must pay $300,000 to the United States and perform a supplemental environmental project at an approximate cost of $662,000.

United States v. Blue Tee Corp., No. 11-cv-03408-SWH (W.D. Mo. Oct. 18, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $3 million to EPA and $32,532 to the state of Missouri in connection with the Newton County Mine Tailings Superfund site.

SIP Proposal: Missouri (reasonably available control technology for the eight-hour ozone NAAQS).

NMFS proposed regulations to implement to the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region. 

NMFS proposed regulations to implement Amendment 16 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan for Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.

EPA Region 6 proposed to reissue the NPDES general permit authorizing discharges from oil and gas exploration, development, and production facilities located in and discharging to the territorial seas off Texas.

EPA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking related to the new source performance standards program.