The Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it intends to issue a series of revised conservation practice standards in the National Handbook of Conservation Practices, and notified the public of the opportunity to provide comments on specified conservation practice standards in the handbook.

EPA announced the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the 1-bromopropane risk evaluation issued under TSCA.

EPA announced the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the n-methylpyrrolidone risk evaluation issued under TSCA.

EPA approved a CAA §111(d) state plan submitted by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services revising fuel quality standards and test methods for large municipal waste combustor facilities that combust processed wood residue from construction and demolition debris.

FWS determined endangered species status for Tiehm's buckwheat under the ESA, and designated 910 acres in one unit in Nevada as critical habitat.

EPA proposed to issue regulations restricting the use of hydrofluorocarbons in specific sectors or subsectors in which they are used, establishing a process for submitting technology transitions petitions, establishing recordkeeping and reporting requirements, and addressing certain other elements related to the effective implementation of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act; the Agency also seeks advance information on certain topics that may be helpful to developing a future proposed rule, including on restrictions on the use of hydrofluorocarbons for certain other sectors and subsectors and on a third-party auditing program to verify substances used in products.

FWS determined threated species status for the whitebark pine under the ESA, and finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act that provides measures that are necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the species.

EPA amended the Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries to reference ASTM International’s E1527- 21 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process”, allow for its use to satisfy the requirements for conducting all appropriate inquiries under CERCLA, and remove after one year recognition of the previous version of that standard, ASTM E1527-13.

EPA announced the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the perchloroethylene risk evaluation issued under TSCA.

United States v. Hastings, City of, No. 8:03-cv-00531, and United States v. Dravo Corp., No. 8:01-cv-00500 (D. Neb. Dec. 7, 2022). A settling CERCLA defendant must pay $1,439,336 to EPA for response costs incurred and to be incurred by the Agency for Operable Units 01 and 19 of the Hastings Groundwater Contamination Superfund site.