FWS determined threated species status for the sickle darter 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.

SIP Proposal: Colorado (updates to incorporation by reference of Code of Federal Regulations sections related to global warming potentials and changes to Regulation No. 3 of the Colorado Code of Regulations to reflect digitalization of public notice and comment procedures).

FWS proposed to designate approximately 595,495 acres as critical habitat for the Southern Sierra Nevada distinct population segment of fisher under the ESA.

The Bureau of Reclamation announced the interest rate to be used by federal agencies in the formulation and evaluation of plans for water and related land resources is 2.50% for fiscal year 2023.

FWS reclassified the palo de rosa from endangered to threatened under the ESA, and finalized a rule under §4(d) of the Act that provides for the conservation of the species.

EPA determined that the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the agency by law, and renewed the Committee for an additional two-year period.

United States v. Quad County Corn Processors Cooperative, No. 5:22-cv-04057-CJW-MAR (N.D. Iowa Oct. 27, 2022).  A settling CAA defendant must perform injunctive relief and pay a civil penalty of $320,000, plus interest in installments over two years, in connection with violations of the regulations that govern the renewable fuel program at the defendant’s corn processing facility in Galva, Iowa.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree under the CAA in Sierra Club v. Regan, No. 3:22-cv-01992-JD (N.D. Cal.), that would establish deadlines for the Agency to promulgate federal implementation plans to address the "good neighbor" requirements for the 2015 ozone NAAQS for Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and New Mexico.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree under the CAA in Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice v. EPA, No. 22-cv-04191 (N.D. Cal. July 19, 2022), that would establish a deadline for the Agency to take action on a California SIP submission.

EPA released its Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities, which lays out the Agency’s plan to strengthen public health protections, address legacy lead contamination for communities with the greatest exposures, and promote environmental justice and equity.