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Alabama: Waste
The Department of Environmental Management proposed to adopt new regulations governing the scrap tire program. The regulations would, among other things, update definitions, clarify the scrap tire environmental fee, clarify limited-use transporter permits, and update recordkeeping and reporting requirements. A hearing will be held March 21, 2024. Comments are due the same date. See https://admincode.legislature.state.al.us/api/aam/2024-01 (pp. 100-08).
Atchafalaya Basinkeeper v. Bernhardt
A district court denied nonprofit groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to FWS' 2016 decision to delist the Louisiana black bear after determining its population had recovered and was no longer threatened. The groups argued FWS should not have included the Upper Atchafalaya River Basin ...
89 FR 8249
United States v. Guam Waterworks Authority, No. 04-00004 (D. Guam Jan. 30, 2024). Under a proposed partial consent decree, a settling CWA defendant that discharged excess pollutants from and failed to maintain its wastewater system must implement an estimated $400 million in wastewater collection system improvements and conduct a feasibility study for improvements to the Hagåtña wastewater treatment plant.
Center for Biological Diversity v. Raimondo
A district court granted NMFS' motion to dismiss a challenge to its lobster fishing gear regulations. Environmental groups argued the regulations did not adequately protect the endangered North American right whale, in violation of the ESA and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. NMFS moved to dismiss ...
89 FR 8248
United States v. Holly Energy Partners-Operating, L.P., No. 5:24-cv-00107 (W.D. Okla. Jan. 29, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CWA defendants that allegedly discharged about 300,000 gallons of crude oil into Skull Creek near Cushing, Oklahoma, must pay $7.4 million in civil penalties and perform corrective measures to remedy the violations.
89 FR 8131
SIP Proposal: Virginia (second maintenance plan for the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS in the Fredericksburg area).
89 FR 8076
SIP Approval: Georgia (removal of the 1971 annual and 24-hour ambient air quality primary standard for sulfur dioxide).
89 FR 8078
SIP Approval: California (revisions concerning the new source review permitting program for new and modified sources of air pollution).