FWS proposed to list the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment of longfin smelt as an endangered species under the ESA.

SIP Approval: North Carolina (revisions regarding monitoring and performance testing for stationary sources of air pollution).

United States v. Fort James LLC, No. 1:22-cv-395 (D.N.H. Sept. 30, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants must perform a remedial action at the Chlor-Alkali Facility (Former) Superfund site in Berlin, New Hampshire, reimburse EPA for its future costs and a portion of its past costs at the site, and reimburse the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services for its future costs at the site.

SIP Approval: North Carolina (revisions regarding PSD permitting in Mecklenburg County).

FWS proposed to list the Lassics lupine as an endangered species under the ESA and designate approximately 512 acres in Humboldt and Trinity Counties, California, as critical habitat.

FWS proposed to designate approximately 209,520 acres in Bienville, Grant, Rapides, and Vernon parishes, Louisiana, and in Newton, Angelina, and Jasper Counties, Texas, as critical habitat for the Louisiana pinesnake under the ESA.

EPA finalized amendments to NESHAPs at major sources from new and existing industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters.

United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co., No. CV89-039-BU-SEH (D. Mont. Sept. 30, 2022). Settling CERCLA defendants that released hazardous substances at the Anaconda Smelter NPL site in Deer Lodge County, Montana, must reimburse the United States for $48,000,000 in past response costs and future oversight costs that have been or will be incurred in responding to contamination at the site, pay the Forest Service $185,752 to reimburse anticipated future costs that will be spent overseeing remedial activities on Forest Service administered lands, and complete all cleanup actions required under the various records of decision, amendments thereto, and other decision documents issued by EPA for the site.

EPA seeks information and recommendations to consider and support the potential development, improvement, and implementation of technical assistance efforts and other strategies to support indoor air quality related improvements in the nation’s building stock, with a particular emphasis on schools and commercial buildings, to help mitigate disease transmission.

FWS removed the snail darter from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife under the ESA.