FWS proposed to designate approximately 12,157 acres in 14 counties in California as critical habitat for the tidewater goby under the ESA.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling parties to pay $1,050,000 in past and future U.S. response costs incurred at the ACM Smelter and Refinery NPL site near Great Falls, Montana, and to perform a remedial investigation and feasibility study for portions of the site.

SIP Proposal: Virginia (transportation conformity requirements; see above for direct final rule).

SIP Proposal: Indiana/Ohio (attainment of the 1997 annual fine PM NAAQS for the Cincinnati-Hamilton nonattainment area; see above for direct final rule).

SIP Approval: Virginia (transportation conformity requirements).

SIP Approval: Indiana/Ohio (attainment of the 1997 annual fine particulate matter NAAQS for the Cincinnati-Hamilton nonattainment area).

United States v. Ryland Group, Inc., No. 3:11-cv-00499 (W.D.N.C. Oct. 7, 2011). A settling CWA defendant responsible for stormwater violations must pay a $625,000 civil penalty and must institute a companywide management, reporting, and training program to improve compliance with stormwater requirements.

United States v. Airgas Carbonic, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-163 (S.D. Ga. Oct. 4, 2011). Seventy-three settling CERCLA parties responsible for violations at the Alternate Energy Resources, Inc., site in Augusta, Georgia, must perform remedial design and remedial action at the site; 797 other parties must pay a portion of the past and future response costs incurred by the United States and Georgia.

EPA proposed to establish May 10, 2013, as the deadline for farms to amend their oil spill prevention, control, and countermeasure plans.

EPA established May 10, 2013, as the deadline for farms to amend their oil spill prevention, control, and countermeasure plans.