United States v. Prairie State Solar, LLC, No. 3:22-cv-02660 (S.D. Ill. Nov. 14, 2022). A settling CWA defendant that allegedly violated its state stormwater permit during construction of a large-scale solar farm in Perry County, Illinois, must perform injunctive relief measures to ensure compliance until construction is complete and the stormwater permit is terminated, and pay a civil penalty of $225,000, with $157,500 to the United States and $67,500 to the state of Illinois.

United States v. Big River Solar, LLC, No. 3:22-cv-02659 (S.D. Ill. Nov. 14, 2022). A settling CWA defendant that allegedly violated its state stormwater permit during construction of a large-scale solar farm in White County, Illinois, must perform injunctive relief measures to ensure compliance until construction is complete and the stormwater permit is terminated, and pay a civil penalty of $175,000, with $122,500 to the United States and $52,500 to the state of Illinois.

EPA finalized protective and science-based federal human health criteria to protect Washington's waters, including waters where tribes hold treaty-reserved rights to fish.

SIP Approval: Mississippi (revisions concerning excess emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction events).

FWS proposed to revise the ESA §4(d) rule for the African elephant to establish enhancement permit requirements for international trade in live elephants and specific enhancement requirements for the import of wild-sourced elephants; clarify existing enhancement requirements for a permit to import African elephant sport-hunted trophies; and incorporate a Party’s designation under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora National Legislation Project into the decisionmaking process for the import of live African elephants, African elephant sport-hunted trophies, and African elephant parts and products other than ivory and sport-hunted trophies.

EPA proposed revisions to its regulations under FOIA to update the process by which the public may access information about Agency actions and activities.

United States v. Elyria, City of, No. 22-cv-02026 (N.D. Ohio Nov. 9, 2022). A settling CWA defendant that allegedly violated a prior consent judgment related to discharges of pollutants from the city's sewer system must pay a $100,000 civil penalty to the United States and $100,000 into Ohio's Surface Water Improvement Fund, and implement an Integrated Wet Weather Control Plan to be completed by December 31, 2044.

United States v. Aerosols Danville, Inc., No. 1:22-cv-405 (D.R.I. Nov. 9, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must perform remedial actions for Operable Unit 2 at the Landfill & Resource Recovery, Inc. Superfund site in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, fully reimburse the state of Rhode Island for its future response costs, and reimburse the United States for a portion of its future site-related response costs.

SIP Approval: Missouri (incorporation of an additional sulfur dioxide emissions limit for the Ameren Missouri Sioux Energy Center).

SIP Approval: New Mexico (updates to the nonattainment new source review permitting program for the 2015 eight-hour ozone NAAQS).