United States v. Alice Consolidated Mines, Inc., No. 11-00446-REB (D. Idaho Sept. 22, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund site in northern Idaho must pay $208,500 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site, must assign their interests in insurance policies to a trust, and must pay 2% of net smelter returns from any future mining activities. 

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the American eel as threatened under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review. 

EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to pay $100,000 in past U.S. response costs concerning the Mine 2028 Superfund site in Brazil, Indiana.

EPA entered into two proposed settlement agreements under CERCLA that absolve the settling parties for past U.S. response costs incurred at the Granite Timber Superfund site in Granite County, Montana, due to an inability to pay; a deed record notice must be filed for a building on the site property. 

SIP Proposal: California (VOC emissions for the Santa Barbara air pollution control district, the Sacramento municipal air quality management district, and the South Coast air quality management district).

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

SIP Approval: California (volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions for the Santa Barbara air pollution control district, the Sacramento municipal air quality management district, and the South Coast air quality management district).

SIP Proposal: Maryland (control of VOC emissions).

SIP Proposal: Maryland (guidelines for miscellaneous metal and plastic parts coatings).

SIP Proposal: Maryland (VOC compounds).