State Update Volume 44, Issue 5

The Department of Environmental Quality proposed to amend 30 Tex. Admin. Code §§330.7, .671, .673, and .675. Changes would authorize small counties or municipalities to dispose of certain demolition waste under a permit by rule and would revise rules pertaining to the waste disposal fees at municipal solid waste and disposal facilities. A public hearing will be held on February 18, 2014, and the deadline for comment is March 3, 2014.

The Department of Environmental Quality amended Or. Admin. R. 340.253, pertaining to the Clean Fuels Program. Changes seek to lessen the administrative burden on smaller businesses participating in the program. The amendments took effect January 1, 2014. See http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/doc/rules/bulletin/February2014_Bulletin.pdf (pp. 185-89).

The Department of Environmental Quality amended Or. Admin. R. 340.200, pertaining to the Portland Area Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan. Changes introduce a new transportation control measure for increasing regional transit service to replace the original transit service control measure. The amendments took effect December 19, 2013. See http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/doc/rules/bulletin/February2014_Bulletin.pdf (pp. 152-53).

The Department of Energy amended Or. Admin. R. 330.135 in order to amend requirements for the use of green energy technology in new construction and public building renovation. The amendments took effect December 23, 2013. See http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/doc/rules/bulletin/February2014_Bulletin.pdf (pp. 142-45).