SIP Proposal: Washington (revised outdoor and agricultural burning rule).

SIP Proposal: California (revisions concerning nitrogen oxide emissions from small boilers, process heaters, steam generators, and large water heaters in the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District).

SIP Proposal: Oklahoma and Texas (disapproval of regional haze plan submissions related to reasonable progress requirements for the first planning period from 2008 through 2018).

FWS announced its 12-month finding on a petition to list the green floater as threatened under the ESA, finding that listing was warranted; proposed to designate approximately 2,553 kilometers of streams in Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia as critical habitat for the species; and proposed a rule under §4(d) of the Act to provide for conservation of the species.

BLM proposed to revise its oil and gas leasing regulations to reflect provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act pertaining to royalty rates, rentals, and minimum bids; update the bonding requirements for leasing, development, and production; improve its leasing process to ensure proper stewardship of public lands and resources; and modify operating requirements.

FWS announced findings that the Illinois chorus frog and Venus flytrap are not warranted for listing as threatened or endangered under the ESA.

FWS revised its seizure and forfeiture regulations relating to property seized or subject to administrative forfeiture under various laws enforced by the Service.

FWS announced 12-month findings on petitions to list two mussel species under the ESA, finding that listing the Salina mucket and Mexican fawnsfoot as endangered was warranted, and proposed to designate approximately 200 river miles in Brewster, Terrell, and Val Verde Counties, Texas, and 185 river miles in Maverick, Webb, and Zapata Counties, Texas, as critical habitat for the Salina mucket and the Mexican fawnsfoot, respectively.

EPA finalized reporting and recordkeeping requirements for asbestos under TSCA.

United States v. Brock Maslonka, No. 2:20-cv-304-SAB, (E.D. Wash. July 14, 2023). A settling CWA defendant must restore impacted areas, perform mitigation, and pay a civil penalty for discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States.