EPA announced the availability of the letter it sent to West Virginia acknowledging West Virginia's delegation of authority to implement and enforce NESHAPs and the New Source Performance Standards.

EPA announced the availability of the letter it sent to Virginia acknowledging Virginia's delegation of authority to implement and enforce NESHAPs and the New Source Performance Standards.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement proposed to incorporate certain documents by reference—Production Measurement Industry Standards and Safety Industry Standards, including one International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission standard—into the regulations governing oil, gas, and sulfur operations on the outer continental shelf.

FWS determined threatened species status under the ESA for the distinct population segment of the North American wolverine occurring in the contiguous United States, and issued a §4(d) rule that provides the prohibitions, and exceptions to those prohibitions, necessary and advisable for the conservation of the species.

NMFS withdrew its November 27, 2020, proposed rule to designate 17 island units of critical habitat in the Pacific Islands Region for seven Indo-Pacific coral species listed under the ESA, and proposed a new rule to designate critical habitat for five of the seven coral species that were addressed in the 2020 proposed rule.

FWS announced findings that the following seven species are not warranted for listing as endangered or threatened species under the ESA: Edison's ascyrum, Florida (lowland) loosestrife, Florida pinesnake, mimic cavesnail, northern cavefish, smallscale darter, and Texas troglobitic water slater.

The Forest Service proposed to establish a new Forest Service Manual chapter and new direction for all types of monitoring activities across the National Forest System to track conditions and inform evidence-based decisionmaking and adaptive management.

United States v. Ingredion Inc., No. 23-2111 (S.D. Ind. Nov. 21, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CAA defendant that allegedly violated emissions limits and operation and monitoring requirements of its air permits for a wet corn mill facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, must, among other things, pay a $1,139,600 civil penalty, install and operate new equipment to meet particulate matter limits that are lower than the facility's current permitted limits, implement a modernized compliance management system to address repeated operation and monitoring failures at the facility, and contribute $560,400 to the state of Indiana to support brownfields redevelopment in and around Marion County, Indiana.

United States v. Electron Hydro, LLC, No. 2:20-CV-1746-JCC (W.D. Wash. Nov. 20, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CWA defendants whose construction activity at a hydroelectric facility on the Puyallup River in Pierce County, Washington, allegedly involved illegal discharges into waters of the United States and violations of Army Corps of Engineers and state of Washington permits must pay a $1.025 million civil penalty, conduct surveys of stretches of the Puyallup River to recover discharged materials, implement best management practices at the construction site, hire a separate firm to review upcoming permit application materials, and place a 72-acre parcel of land into conservation in perpetuity.

FWS announced the availability of a draft addendum to the Federal Land Managers' Air Quality Related Values Work Group's Phase 1 Report that includes a provision related to temporary emissions.