The Air Resources Board proposed amendments to regulations governing low carbon fuel standards. The amendments would require a 30% reduction in fuel carbon intensity (CI) by 2030 and a 90% reduction by 2045 from a 2010 baseline, implement a one-time, 5% reduction in the CI benchmark in 2025, eliminate the current exemption for intrastate fossil jet fuel starting in 2028, expand zero emission vehicle infrastructure crediting to the medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sector, and streamline quantification methods and analysis tools for low-carbon fuel production.

The Department of Ecology adopted amendments to regulations governing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and the air quality fee rule. The amendments, among other things, set maximum global warming potential thresholds for HFCs in various applications, establish a refrigerant management program with registration and reporting requirements for owners/operators of large systems, mandate service practices for technicians, amend product labeling and disclosure requirements and establish fees to cover the costs of implementing and enforcing the refrigerant management program.

The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing consumer products. The amendments would add an email address in the date coding section and correct citations to Department rules in the reporting requirements section. A hearing will be held January 11, 2024. Comments are due January 19, 2024. See https://gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/register/2023/1214/2023-285%20IP%20Notice%20Env-A%204100.pdf.

The Air Quality Control Commission proposed amendments to regulations governing open burning. The amendments would clarify general open burning requirements. Hearings will be held February 14-16, 2024. Comments are due January 30, 2024.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to rules governing the control of air pollution in Idaho. The amendments update federal regulations incorporated by reference as mandated by EPA for approval of Idaho’s Title V Operating Permit Program as well as citations to other federal regulations necessary to retain state primacy of CAA programs. See https://adminrules.idaho.gov/bulletin/2023/12.pdf (p. 247).

The Department of Environmental Protection announced the availability of a new general permit for indoors fumigation operations of cocoa bean products at minor air facilities.