EPA announced its approval of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment Division of Environmental Quality's request to update of its NESHAP delegation, encompassing sources subject to one or more federal §112 standards which are also subject to the requirements of the Title V operating permits program.

EPA amended its reformulated gasoline (RFG) regulations to reflect that seven counties in southern Maine are no longer federal RFG-covered areas as of September 30th, 2021.

EPA revised certain administrative deadlines under seven allowance trading programs for emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

SIP Proposal: Georgia (maintenance plan and redesignation to attainment for the Atlanta 2015 eight-hour ozone nonattainment area).

NMFS seeks comment on draft revisions to the Guidelines for Preparing Stock Assessment Reports Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

SIP Approval: New York (control measures for facilities subject to the 2016 Control Techniques Guideline for the oil and natural gas industry).

United States v. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-01647 (S.D. Ind. Aug. 19, 2022).  Two proposed consent decrees require settling CERCLA defendants to pay the United States a total of $850,000 for recovery of EPA’s unreimbursed past costs in connection with the New Castle Asbestos Site in New Castle, Indiana.

United States v. Acadia Woods Add. #2 Sewer Co., No. 6:98-0687 (W.D. La. Aug. 17, 2022).  A proposed second consent decree modification under the CWA provides for the transfer of sewage treatment plants—originally owned and operated by Johnson Properties, Inc., and subsequently sold to Total Environmental Solutions, Inc.—to Magnolia Water Utility Operating Company, and modifies the schedule to provide Magnolia additional time to complete the work required by the modified consent decree, modifies some of the injunctive relief requirements for the sewage treatment plants that remain subject to the consent decree, and reduces stipulated penalties during the initial six months of Magnolia’s operations.

EPA announced its intent to approve revisions to Georgia's public water system supervision program.

FWS announced its removal of the Braken Bat Cave meshweaver from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife under the ESA due to the determination that the Braken Bat Cave meshweaver is not a discrete taxonomic entity and does not meet the definition of a species as defined under the Act.