SIP Proposal: Ohio/West Virginia (attainment of the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter NAAQS for the Steubenville-Weirton nonattainment area).

EPA expanded the list of acceptable substitutes for ozone-depleting substances in the refrigeration and air conditioning, solvent cleaning, and fire suppression sectors.

United States v. Eddie's Service Station, No. 5:10-cv-6126 (E.D. Mo. June 20, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged pollutants without a permit into waters of the Untied States must pay a civil penalty, must conduct a mitigation project, and must enter into several environmental covenants on the affected property.

United States v. Tecumseh Products Co., No. 1:03-cv-00401 (E.D. Wis. June 13, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants must finance and perform the remainder of the remedial action at the Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund site in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, at an estimated cost of $12.6 million and must pay EPA's oversight costs.

United States v. Swift Beef Co., No. 8:11-cv-216 (D. Neb. June 16. 2011). A settling CWA defendant responsible for violations at its beef processing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, must pay a $1,300,000 civil penalty in response costs incurred by the United States and Nebraska and must undertake injunctive measures to prevent future violations. 

United States v. Bunge North America, Inc., No. 2:06-cv-02209-MPM-DGB (C.D. Ill. June 14, 2011). Under a modified 2007 consent decree, a settling CAA defendant responsible for violations at its soybean and corn processing facility in Decatur, Indiana, must perform two substitute projects to reduce emissions in place of the original wastewater recovery project.

United States v. Hecla Ltd., No. 96-0122-N-EJL (D. Idaho June 13, 2011). A settling CERCLA and CWA defendant responsible for violations at the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund site in the Coeur d'Alene Basin watershed in Idaho must pay $263.4 million, plus interest, in past and future response costs to the United States, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, and Idaho and must coordinate future mining operations with EPA's cleanup activities in the Coeur d'Alene Basin. 

United States v. Allied Metal Co., No. 11 C 3228 (N.D. Ill. May 16, 2011). A settling CAA defendant responsible for violations at its facility in Chicago, Illinois, must pay a $92,210 civil penalty; must permanently shut down its thermal chip dryer and remove it from its permit; must surrender all pollution credits for the dryer; must perform a $132,627 supplemental environmental project on Cook County municipal or school bus diesel vehicles; must perform a $132,627 supplemental environmental project along its Chicago River property; and must provide periodic reports on implementation of its obligations.

United States v. United Nuclear Corp., No. CV 11-01060-PHX-NVW (D. Ariz. May 31, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Pine Mountain Mine Superfund site in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona must pay $800,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. Candle Development, LLC, No. 08-4086 (D.S.D. June 3, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged pollutants into waters of the United States without a permit in Lincoln County, South Dakota, must pay a civil penalty and must restore the impacted areas and/or mitigate the damages.