United States v. United Nuclear Corp., No. CV 11-01060-PHX-NVW (D. Ariz. May 31, 2011). A settling CERCLA defendant responsible for violations at the Pine Mountain Mine Superfund site in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona must pay $800,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site.

United States v. Candle Development, LLC, No. 08-4086 (D.S.D. June 3, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that discharged pollutants into waters of the United States without a permit in Lincoln County, South Dakota, must pay a civil penalty and must restore the impacted areas and/or mitigate the damages.

United States v. Union Pacific Corp., No. 8:11-cv-00195 (D. Neb. June 1, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Omaha Lead Superfund site in Omaha, Nebraska, must pay $21,350,000 in U.S. response costs incurred at the site, must spend $3.15 million in community health education on the health risks of lead exposure, and must pay $100,000 to the DOI and $400,000 to the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.

NOAA-Fisheries announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list goliath grouper as threatened or endangered under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted.

The president proclaimed June 2011 as National Oceans Month.

The president proclaimed June 2011 as Great Outdoors Month.

EPA entered into a settlement under CERCLA §122(h)(1) for reimbursement of past response costs incurred at the Caraleigh Phosphate and Fertilizer Works Superfund site in Raleigh, North Carolina.

EPA seeks public comment on a proposed purchaser agreement amendment under CERCLA that requires Blue Marlin Associates to conduct a vapor intrusion study at the Fischer & Porter Superfund site in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and to take appropriate remedial measures, if necessary.

EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement under CERCLA that requires the settling party to sell the Agawam Sportsman's Club Superfund site in Massachusetts and to distribute 90% of the proceeds to the United States for past response costs incurred at the site and 10% to the city of Agawam for property tax arrears.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in WildEarth Guardians v. Jackson, No. 1:11-cv-0001-CMA-MEH (D. Colo.), that establishes deadlines for the Agency to take action on SIPs for Colorado, North Dakota, and Wyoming and on FIPs for Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, all concerning regional haze or excess emissions.