United States v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., No. 2:11-cv-02790 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 14, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Johnston Yard Superfund alternative site in Memphis, Tennessee, must pay past and future U.S. response costs incurred at the site and must perform the EPA-specified remedial design and action for the site.

FWS announced the availability of additional information on its proposal to revise the listing for the Minnesota population of gray wolves under the ESA. 

FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list van Rossem's gull-billed tern as endangered or threatened and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted. 

SIP Proposal: Oregon (interstate transport provisions and various updates).

SIP Proposal: North Dakota (partial approval of regional haze program and establishment of an FIP).

SIP Proposal: North Carolina (redesignation to attainment for the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir 1997 annual fine PM nonattainment area).

SIP Proposal: District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia (attainment of the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia moderate nonattainment areas; see above for direct final rule).

SIP Proposal: Delaware (volatile organic compound emissions).

SIP Proposal: Delaware (volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions).

SIP Approval: Pennsylvania (PM emissions from outdoor wood-fired boilers).