SIP Proposal: Connecticut (infrastructure requirements for the 1997 ozone NAAQS). 

SIP Proposal: California (approval of fee program for the San Joaquin Valley unified air pollution control district). 

SIP Proposal: California (limited approval of revisions to VOC emissions for the San Joaquin Valley unified air pollution control district). 

SIP Proposal: Vermont (RACT for NOx and VOCs; see above for direct final rule). 

SIP Proposal: California (VOC emissions for the Northern Sierra, Sacramento Metropolitan, and South Coast air quality management districts; see above for direct final rule). 

SIP Proposal: California (VOC emissions for the South Coast air quality management district; see above for direct final rule). 

United States v. Newport Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., No. 2:11-cv-228 (D. Vt. Sept. 26, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged process and stormwater at concrete plants in New Hampshire and Vermont must pay a $200,000 civil penalty and must implement other measures to prevent unauthorized stormwater discharges.

United States v. Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc., No. 11-1240 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 28, 2011). A settling CAA defendant responsible for permit violations at its manufacturing plant in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, must pay a $316,000 civil penalty to both the United States and Allegheny County, must install pollution control equipment, must perform VOC emissions testing, monitoring, and recordkeeping, and must submit reports and permit applications to the United States and Allegheny County. 

FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the northern leopard frog under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted. 

FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl as threatened or endangered, to list a subspecies, and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted.