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RADIATION

– Cell phones, San Francisco bill requiring retailer posting of levels, 1424; mayor signs, 1551
– Toxic torts, “but for” causation test (10th Cir.), 2075

RADIOACTIVE WASTE

– Authority transfer to N.J., decommissioning plan disruption (D.C. Cir.), 2522
– Blue Ribbon Panel on America's Nuclear Future

– – Charter, 488
– – Creation, 272; Senate Energy Comm. budget hearing, 332
– – Disposal subcommittee meeting, rethinking of regulations and standards, 2010
– – First meeting, 555; transcripts available, 747
– – Interim storage, pleas for construction of facilities, 1524
– – Members to look forward, not consider past options, 747
– – Public acceptability of recommendations high priority, 748
– – Second meeting, members urges to put science before politics, 1189
– – Subcommittee meetings scheduled, 1414; state oversight of repository siting, recommendations, 1524

– Byproduct contamination, Pa. may proceed with cost recovery action despite initial cleanup licensed by NRC (M.D. Pa.), 395
– Classification, revision of NRC system, 620
– Contract management, deficiencies in DOE cost-estimate practices, 166
– Decommissioning, Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant contract award, 1885
– Depleted uranium, Savannah River Site shipments to Utah, reception of one shipment, delay of future shipments, 18; delay extension for 2-year performance assessment, 428; state board approval of performance assessment rule, 865
– Fast breeder technology, international panel discussion of impracticalities, 427
– Financial assurance, Tenn. proposed expansion, 2272
– Gulf Nuclear Site, consent decree (S.D. Texas), 1939
– Hanford Nuclear Reservation

– – Cleanup plan, public hearings, 219; moratorium on moving off-site waste to facility, 1005
– – Permanent repository, state officials reject idea, 1242
– – Soil contamination, high-level radioactive material migration, 2634
– – Underground tank cleanup, request to approve consent decree (E.D. Wash.), 2317

– High-level waste

– – Management, local government representation on panel, 19
– – Repository siting, lessons learned from other countries, 426

– Idaho Natl. Lab. waste treatment, hot isostatic pressing, 120
– Interstate compacts

– – Litigation, Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/22/10) S–33
– – Northwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management authority to bar shipment (10th Cir.), 2576
– – Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Comm'n

– – – N.C. liability for withdrawal (U.S., oral arg), 119; no liability (aff'd), 1240
– – – Vote for legal action against N.C. for failure to construct facility, 1764

– – Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Comm'n, proposed rule allowing import of other states' waste, 2749

– Legacy site cleanup

– – ARRA funding hastening cleanups, 747; Senate budget hearing, 901
– – DOI FY2011 budget proposal, 302; defense of budget request for environmental management, 618

– Low-level radioactive waste

– – Blending for disposal, regulation, 167; NRC vote paper, 1412
– – Compact authority to ban shipment (10th Cir.), 2576
– – Utah storage facility plan abandonment for foreign-generated waste, 1580

– Nuclear power plant decommissioning, OMB review of legacy site rule, 2688
– Oak Ridge Natl. Lab., uranium-233 disposition project management difficulties, 424
– Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/22/10) S–25; SplRpt (1/22/10) S–26
– Plutonium contamination from Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, improper jury instructions (10th Cir.), 1997
– Repository siting, recommendations, 1524
– Spent nuclear fuel

See SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL

– Steam generators, Canada plan to transport, 2634
– Tritium

See TRITIUM (10028-17-8)

– Uranium processing plant decommissioning, denial of good will request (D.C. Cir.), 2856

RADON

– Uranium mine emissions, validity of Ariz. permit in question, 1174

RAILROADS

– Chlorine leak, residents outside mandatory evacuation area cannot sue (4th Cir.), 2535
– Coal dust migration, environmental groups suit (D. Alaska), 117
– Coal tar light oil spill, railcar loader, inspector liability as operator under CERCLA (S.D. W.Va.), 422
– Freight transport, emissions reduction legislation, 612
– Hazardous waste, contamination of private property (9th Cir.), 2461
– High-speed passenger rail, FRA stimulus funding, 1460
– Locomotive emissions

– – Air quality, Chicago-area rail stations, 2503
– – Idling, consent decree (D. Mass.), 1789
– – Interstate commerce laws preempt SCAQMD rules (9th Cir.), 2156
– – Petition to regulate black carbon, GHGs, 2117

– Superfund

– – Arranger liability, unlimited liability threat elimination, 216
– – Statute of limitations, permanent response action status under Minn. law discretionary (D. Minn.), 1647

REACH SYSTEM

See REGISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND AUTHORIZATION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) SYSTEM

REAL PROPERTY

– Brownfields redevelopment

See generally BROWNFIELDS

– Hazardous waste, contamination by railroad (9th Cir.), 2461
– Home heating oil leak, defenses no shield for former home owner (Wash. Ct. App.), 2823
– Incomplete disclosure of contaminants, fraud claim by buyer (W.D.N.C.), 2803
– Migration of contamination, dismissal of claim under Mich. water law bars other claims (Mich. Ct. App.), 2425
– Stormwater, realtor objections to development point source rulemaking, 220
– Takings, erosion control project upheld (U.S., aff'd), 1370
– Trichloroethylene, economic loss doctrine no bar to property damage claim (Ind. Ct. App.), 1426
– TVA coal ash spill, certain property owners' claims allowed (E.D. Tenn.), 738

RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING

– Electronic reporting

See ELECTRONIC REPORTING

– Energy efficiency, appliance compliance data, 112
– Fines, recommendations to EPA, 559
– GHG emissions, registries

See CLIMATE CHANGE, subheading: Registries and reporting of GHG emissions

– Hazardous air pollutants, effects of underreporting on risk assessment, 406
– Hazardous waste documents as historical records, Tenn. proposal, 1481
– NSR, proposed extension of stay of fugitive emissions reporting exemption, 358; stay, 717
– Sanitary sewer overflows, listening session survey results, 1586
– Toxics Release Inventory

See TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI)

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

– Imports from China, withdrawal of EPA approval, 1504
– Jet ski use in national parks, order for further analysis (D.D.C.), 1602

RECYCLING

– Batteries

– – Rechargeables, N.Y. law, 2819
– – SCAQMD emissions standard, 2539

– Coal ash

– – Low-carbon portland cement alternative, 640
– – Opposition to regulation as hazardous waste, 1999; industry on risk of stigma, 2000

– Electronic waste

– – Certified electronics recycler, cancellation of trademark registration (W.D. Wash.), 1308
– – Exports to developing countries, EPA push for bill limiting, 1307; GAO recommendations to EPA, 1827; further action, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6252
– – Federal agencies, task force, 2572
– – N.Y. collection programs

– – – Challenge to New York City recycling law dropped (S.D.N.Y.), 1482
– – – Governor signs bill, 1262

– – N.C. law, governor signs, 1612
– – Or. collection program, 296; industry funding, 2597
– – Vt. governor signs bill, 1026
– – Wash. collection program, 296

– Federal agency product procurement, introduction of bill, 1701
– Fraud, Cal. schemes disrupted (Cal. Super. Ct.), 1084
– Gypsum wallboard waste reduction, Northeastern states coalition, 2315
– Hazardous waste, definition of solid waste rule

– – Environmental justice review, 165
– – Rulemaking, EPA agreement (D.C. Cir.), 2070

– Light bulbs containing mercury

– – Md. bill, 860; governor signs, 1023
– – Warehousing violations, fine proposed against recycler, 1068

– Maine product stewardship framework law, 759
– N.Y. solid waste management plan revision, 2820
– Or. rate, 2009, 2163
– Paints

– – Cal. law, 2221
– – Or. program, 2597

– Paper, Md. procurement bill, 860; governor signs, 1199
– PCE, machine maker not arranger for disposal (E.D. Cal.), 1882
– Shipbreaking

– – Guideline development, reestablishment, 2320
– – Prince William Sound tanker, review of proposal, 2460

– Source reduction, Md. governor signs bill, 1199
– Spent nuclear fuel, report recommends interim storage, 2137
– Superfund financial responsibility, advance notice of proposed rulemaking, 114
– Wash. rate, 2009, 2650

REFINERIES

– Bankruptcy, RCRA compliance cost liability (U.S., rev sought), 486; (briefing extension), 1467; (rev den), 2255
– Benzene emissions

– – Storage tank controls, settlement agreement (E.D. Mich.), 745
– – Tex. release, EPA investigation, 2112

– Chemical leak, rejection of damages award to workers (S.D. Tex.), 613
– Double Eagle Refinery Superfund site, proposed consent decrees (W.D. Okla.), 2363
– Enforcement, Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/22/10) S–32
– Environmental impact statement for proposed Chevron project inadequate (Cal. Ct. App.), 958
– GHG emissions

– – New source performance standards, EPA agreement to propose sector-wide controls (D.C. Cir.), 2845
– – Regulation, threat of suit against Wash., 1964
– – Reporting, EPA agrees to revise rule (D.C. Cir.), 1634

– Hazardous waste

– – Exclusions, Valero Refining, 554
– – Removal from tanker trailer, origin irrelevant (E.D. Ky.), 616
– – Wyo. surface impoundment settlement, 1364

– NESHAP, residual risk review, 2176
– NSPS compliance trigger at Wash. plant, no oral argument (D.C. Cir.), 319
– Operating permits

– – BP Prods. N. Am., illegal HAPs emissions (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 1851
– – Diamond Shamrock, settlement of violations, 1794
– – EIA must include emissions of permitted equipment (Cal.), 634
– – Lubrizol Corp., settlement of violations, 1794
– – Tex. flexible permits

– – – EPA rejection, 1548; publication, 1672; petition for review (5th Cir.), 1732
– – – Exxon Mobil Baytown facility, threat of lawsuit, 1548; (S.D. Tex.), 2791

– Pollution controls, settlement of CAA violations in 2 states (S.D. Tex.) (D.P.R.), 721
– Risk management programs, record penalty against BP (S.D. Tex.), 2174
– Ship NOx emissions and fuel sulfur content, challenge of EPA standard (D.C. Cir.), 1506
– Soil contamination, liability for lost property value, Ontario court ruling, 1528
– Sulfur dioxide emissions, liability for CAA violations at La. plant (E.D. La.), 318
– Wastewater discharges, natural resource damages settlement agreement (N.D. Cal.), 382

REGIONAL CLIMATE INITIATIVES

– RGGI

See REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE (RGGI)

– Western states

See WESTERN CLIMATE INITIATIVE

REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE (RGGI)

– Allowances

– – Clearing price, 7th auction, 606; 8th auction, 1357; 9th auction, 2064; some allowances unsold, 2741
– – Futures trading, 4th quarter 2009, 1577; first quarter 2010, 2186
– – Price decrease over first year, 1757

– CO2 emissions decrease, 2009, 2512
– Low-carbon fuel standard agreement, 65
– Model for federal action, supporters on, Special Report, 1734
– New York, challenge of implementation regulations, settlement (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 36

REGIONAL HAZE

– Four Corners Power Plant, proposed stringent pollution controls, 2295; partial shutdown agreement, 2561; comment period extension, 2736
– Minn. strategic plan to reduce in Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Voyageurs Natl. Park, 35
– Particulate matter, fine particle NAAQS insufficient, 525
– Utah SIP, EPA consent decree (D. Colo.), 2482

REGISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND AUTHORIZATION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) SYSTEM

– Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/22/10) S–47

REGULATORY REFORM

– Environmental justice, EPA guidance on rulemaking, 281; defining issue in review of process, 629; agreement to develop action plan, 693; cost-benefit model development, 694; workgroup to review recommendations, 1474; draft plan, 1724; advisory council draft comments, 2585
– Jobs, Inhofe report on EPA anti-industrial policies, 2214
– Rural areas, House Republican opposition to EPA regulation, 2206

REGULATORY REVIEW

– Final rules, failure to notify Congress, 81; experts views mixed, 127
– Public participation, EPA online portal, 437

RELEASES AND SPILLS

– Emergency response

See EMERGENCY PLANNING AND RESPONSE

– Hazardous waste

See HAZARDOUS WASTE

– Industrial pollutant releases in 2006, NACEC report, 1566
– Oil spills

See OIL SPILLS

– Sewage

See generally WASTEWATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

– Spill prevention, control, and countermeasure requirements, compliance date extension, milk container exemption, 1367

RENEWABLE ENERGY

– American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provisions

See AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA)

– Biofuels

See BIOFUELS

– Biogas promotion from livestock operations, EPA-USDA interagency agreement, 992
– Brownfields redevelopment

– – Area-wide planning pilot program grants, 741
– – Grant program establishment

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3374

– – N.C. law, 1850
– – RE-Powering America's Land Initiative, draft management plan, 2299
– – Site selection for suitability studies, 421

– Cap-and-trade programs

– – Electricity generation standard considered to promote nuclear, clean energy, 414
– – Necessity for development, 369

– Carbon reduction surcharge, Los Angeles utility approval, 700; city council rejects increase, 802
– Clean energy

See CLEAN ENERGY

– Conn. incentives, legislature approval, 1085; governor vetoes, 1260
– DOD, GAO on long-term plan needs to meet goal, 208
– Economic stimulus package, ARRA provisions

See AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA)

– EIS process flaws, 1576
– Electricity generation standard

– – California

– – – Carbon reduction surcharge, Los Angeles utility approval, 700
– – – Credit market, creation, 636
– – – Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/22/10) S–13
– – – Private and public utilities, 33 percent bill, 2765
– – – State utilities, vote delay, 1668; adoption of 33 percent standard, 2219

– – Clean energy standard, Democratic support, 2564
– – Colorado, governor goal, 181; legislature approval, 570; governor signs, 704
– – Delaware, proposed 2029 target, 637
– – EU, pace exceeds 2020 goal, 610
– – Governors' Wind Energy Coalition, Va. withdrawal over recommendations, 807
– – Illinois, new law, 1959
– – Maryland bill, 860; governor signs, 1199
– – Mexico 2012 goals, 46
– – Policy to support industry, 267
– – Portfolio standard

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 20

– – Senate actions

– – – Consideration for streamlined energy bill, 1996; governors request passage, 2062; advocates support 15 percent standard, 2063
– – – Energy bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1462

– – – 15 percent standard

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3813

– – Subsidy, criticism as, 2740
– – TVA long-term price contracts offer, 2309

– Emissions reduction, development recommendations, 1517
– Emissions trading

– – Carbon cap to support industry, 267
– – Compromise climate bill, possible omission of allowances for states, 728

– Energy policy, Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/22/10) S–15
– Export initiative, Commerce plans, 325
– Federal agencies, use by

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3251

– Fuels

– – Biofuels

See BIOFUELS

– – Ethanol

See ETHANOL (64-17-5)

– Geothermal energy

See GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

– GHG tailoring rule, forest owners study on threat to projects, 2797
– Grants, end of program awarding billions to foreign companies, 473
– Green bank to fund risky projects

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1462

– Green Power Partners program growth in 2009, 208
– India-U.S. agreement, 2516
– Interior Dept. FY2011 budget, administration proposal, 301
– Loan guarantee program

– – DOE FY2011 budget proposal, 301
– – Implementation improvements, GAO reports, 1573; industry supports shift to grants, 2510

– Md. initiatives, legislative package, 184
– Oceans, research awards, 2411
– Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/22/10) S–19; SplRpt (1/22/10) S–19
– Research projects, DOE grant awards, 1576
– Solar energy

See SOLAR ENERGY

– Storage technology, DOE funding, 475; small business awards, 1758
– Supplemental appropriations

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4899

– Surplus, Cal. utility purchasing requirement, 508
– Tax incentives

– – Manufacturing tax credit, incorporation into Senate jobs bill, 602
– – Md. production credit, 184
– – Or. tax credit reduction, bill approval, 450; governor signs, 703
– – S.C. program, governor signs bill, 1671

– Transmission grid, integration proposal, 2622; request for comments, 2741
– Wind energy

See WIND ENERGY

REPORTS AND STUDIES

– Ed. Note: For information on publications, reports, studies, and surveys, see specific subject headings.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

– Advanced technology vehicles manufacturing research incentives for medium- and heavy-duty commercial and transit vehicles

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 2843

– Algal blooms, national strategy

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3650

– Arctic policy coordination, jurisdiction under Sci. and Tech. Council, 1696
– Carbon sequestration, grant awards, 1995
– Clean energy, administration seeks additional funding, 210
– Climate change

– – Coordination, National Acads. report, 1697
– – EPA FY2011 budget proposal, 298
– – Geoengineering to counteract warming, witnesses on, 326; GAO report, 2411
– – Greenland ice sheet melting rate, 1825
– – Rising temperature impact on wild fires, 2516
– – U.S. global program, focus shift, 675
– – Validity of evidence

– – – East Anglia Univ., review findings, 1521
– – – House Sci. Comm. chair on administration justification for GHG regulation, 2566
– – – Independent review of IPCC process, 544; Shapiro to head committee, 998
– – – IPCC expert selection for 5th report, 1519
– – – Petitions, EPA dismissal, 1690
– – – Skeptics, Ehlers on, 538

– Collaborative efforts, Integrated Environmental Modeling Hub launch, 1605
– Earth science, EPA-NASA collaboration, 953
– Energy programs, House panel approval of American COMPETES Act reauthorization bill, 730; further action, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5116, HR 5325
– Energy technology, advisers on policy review, investment, 2680
– Environmental justice, state-federal collaboration sought, 798
– Environmental monitoring, EPA-NASA collaboration, 953
– Fuel economy in large vehicles, DOE funding, 111
– NOAA strategic plan, request for comments, 1573
– Nuclear energy

– – Fuel cycle technology, DOE research funding, 673
– – Next-generation reactor grants, 541

– Ocean acidification, marine environment protection, 1073
– Ocean energy, awards, 2411
– Oil spill response technology

– – Development program

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5716

– – DOI program

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3315

– – Interagency committee

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2693

– Ozone formation models, study on possible underestimation of concentrations, 2447
– Surface coal mining impact on streams, measurement method, comments, 1939

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)

– Ed. Note: This heading is limited to RCRA reauthorization or reform. The heading HAZARDOUS WASTE provides coverage of RCRA administration and enforcement, and cross-references to specific pollutants and industries regulated under RCRA.

RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS

– Climate change, Wal-Mart actions

– – Carbon footprint reduction in S. Cal., 568
– – Supply chain GHG emissions reduction plan, 412

– Hazardous waste

– – Target, disposal injunction (Cal. Super. Ct.), 2222
– – Wal-Mart settles Cal. violations (Cal. Super. Ct.), 1020

– Products violating Cal. air standards

– – Paints and coatings, Lowe's settlement, 2479
– – Target, settlement (Cal. Super. Ct.), 32

RGGI

See REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE (RGGI)

RHODE ISLAND

– Mercury storage, penalty upheld (1st Cir.), 2855
– Ocean Special Area Management Plan, 2380
– Vehicle emissions, industry drops suit over California standards adoption (D. R.I.), 778
– VOCs, proposed amendments to list, 1733

RIGHT OF ACCESS

– Superfund, EPA request proper despite assertions of cleanup by property owner (D. Mass.), 2134

RIGHT-TO-KNOW

– Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/22/10) S–43; SplRpt (1/22/10) S–43
– Toxics Release Inventory

See TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI)

RISK ASSESSMENT

– Arsenic in drinking water, increased cancer potency factor in draft study, 429; industry seeks broader analysis, more time to comment, 622; science advisors' support of draft, 794; selection of data and studies used by EPA, Special Report, 808; industry requests formal correction of information, 1371; science advisory group recommendations, 2416; scientific advisory group conditional approval of review, 2636
– Atrazine in drinking water, studies reach differing conclusions, 1076
– Chemical facility security, maritime jurisdiction, 1539
– Climate change

– – Adaptation strategy, explanation of risk of inaction, 2248
– – Investment assessment, impacts, 112

– Hazardous air pollutants, effects of underreporting emissions, 406; SAB recommendations on risk analysis, 655
– Hydraulic fracturing research program, 627; science panel recommendations, 847; recommendations on study focus, 1475; comments at listening session, 1590
– Nanotechnology use in groundwater cleanup, research needed, 334
– NESHAP, residual risk lawsuit settlement negotiation (N.D. Cal.), 1398; proposed consent decree, 1503
– Nuclear energy, National Acad. Scis. study of cancer risk of living near plants, 836
– Offshore oil and gas extraction, investor recommendations, 1841
– Particulate matter

– – Fine particle NAAQS, health risks justify stricter standards, 821
– – Heart attacks, short-term exposure link to increased risk, 9

– Perchlorate in drinking water, IG recommendations, 904
– Perchloroethylene in drinking water, elevated cancer risks in Ill. town, 571
– Science policy, Outlook 2010, SplRpt (1/22/10) S–45
– Trichloroethylene as human carcinogen, SAB support, 1067

RIVERS AND STREAMS

– Anacostia River

– – New TMDLs, 7-year timetable, 1247
– – Trash TMDL, 950; agreement, 2143

– Big Springs Creek, Monsanto PCB settlement (Mont. Dist. Ct.), 1023
– Black Warrior River, pipe maker wastewater discharges into tributary, settlement, criminal pleas (N.D. Ala.), 23; civil violations settled, 1594
– Choptank River watershed ecosystem, USDA study of pollution, 1947
– Colorado River

– – Conservation and restoration framework, U.S.-Mexico agreement, 1541
– – Water transfers, appeal of contract invalidation (Cal. Super. Ct.), 132; affirmation of decision, 181

– Columbia River

– – Dam spills increased (Wash. Super. Ct.), 1325
– – Restoration

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4652, S 3025

– – Supplemental biological opinion on integration of 2 salmon protection plans, 1197
– – Toxics Reduction Action Plan, 2202

– Conemaugh River, citizen suit notice to Pa. power plant over coal ash discharges, 1202
– Connecticut River, tritium leak from Yankee nuclear power plant, 377; rejection of bill extending operations beyond scheduled closing date, 511
– Flathead River Basin, British Columbia-Montana cooperation to end resource development, 379; partnership agreement, 444
– Fox River tributary, indictment for chemical dumping resulting in fish kill (Ill. Cir. Ct.), 1323
– Hudson River, PCB dredging project

See DREDGING AND FILLING

– Icicle Creek, reassessment of biological opinion on impact of salmon hatchery on bull trout (9th Cir.), 2763
– Illinois River watershed, EPA disclosure of documents on phosphorus limits for Ark. wastewater plant, 221
– Kalamazoo River oil spill, 1731; cleanup progress report, 1768; company settlement of violations stemming from 10 spills, 1835; briefing paper on request for additional time to repair defects, 2083; company chief assumption of responsibility, 2084; settlement, 2542
– Klamath River

– – Agreement to remove 4 dams, 443
– – Irrigation, farmers to use less water, 1080

– Koktuli River, nomination for special protections, 446
– Little Calumet River, no Asian carp found, 1248
– Los Angeles River, navigable waters designation, 1590
– Lower St. Croix River bridge construction, vacation of impact finding (D. Minn.), 695
– Mataponi Creek, Md. notice of intent to sue over coal ash landfill leaks, 185; suit filed (D. Md.), 805
– Mill Creek, construction materials firm settlement of Mo. water violations, 1427
– Mining buffer zones

See MOUNTAINTOP MINING

– Mississippi River Basin

– – Healthy Watersheds Initiative, request for proposals, 490
– – Invasive species transfer from Great Lakes, study of preventive options, 2527

– Platte River, feedlot discharges (D. Neb.), 285
– Portneuf River, fertilizer maker agrees to reduce phosphorus pollution, 280; proposed amendment to consent decree (D. Idaho), 2003
– Rio Grande, scope of ESA actions available to DOI (10th Cir.), 954
– Saginaw River and area floodplains, consent order for dioxin contamination cleanup, 164
– San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

– – Endangered species

– – – Biological opinions, scientific review, 696
– – – Human consequences of biological opinion, failure to weigh harm (E.D. Cal.), 1196; new opinion ordered, 2869
– – – Water pumping reduction (E.D. Cal.), 387

– – Federal FY2011 budget proposal, 304

– Santa Cruz River, wetlands jurisdiction, denial of motion to change venue (D.D.C.), 74
– Snake River, ACE road map for breaching dams to protect salmon, 800
– Spokane River, water quality plan limiting phosphorus, 397
– Tittabawassee River and area floodplains, consent order for dioxin contamination cleanup, 164
– Willamette River dams, agreement to mitigate impact on wildlife, 1955; finalization, 2428
– Willamette Valley Basin restoration, cost estimate, 572

ROYALTIES

– Oil and gas, GAO recommendations on capture of vented natural gas, 2698

RUNOFF

See NONPOINT SOURCES

RUSSIA

– Bering Strait nature park, consideration of talks with U.S., 2026

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