United States v. Newport Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., No. 2:11-cv-228 (D. Vt. Sept. 26, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged process and stormwater at concrete plants in New Hampshire and Vermont must pay a $200,000 civil penalty and must implement other measures to prevent unauthorized stormwater discharges.
United States v. Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc., No. 11-1240 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 28, 2011). A settling CAA defendant responsible for permit violations at its manufacturing plant in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, must pay a $316,000 civil penalty to both the United States and Allegheny County, must install pollution control equipment, must perform VOC emissions testing, monitoring, and recordkeeping, and must submit reports and permit applications to the United States and Allegheny County.
FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the northern leopard frog under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted.
FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl as threatened or endangered, to list a subspecies, and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted.
FWS removed 189,671 acres from its 1996 critical habitat designation under the ESA for the marbled murrelet in northern California and southern Oregon.
EPA promulgated significant new use rules under TSCA for 36 chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices.
FWS proposed to remove the gray wolf in Wyoming from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the ESA and to remove its nonessential experimental population designation.