The Department of Agriculture adopted amendments to regulations governing the classification of pesticides. The amendments classify pesticide products containing the active ingredient warfarin as a "state-limited-use" pesticide when used as a feral hog toxicant and establish related licensure requirements. See sos.texas.gov/texreg/pdf/backview/0126/0126is.pdf (pp. 419-420).

The Department of Agriculture proposed to amend regulations governing cost sharing in the Water Pollution Control Program. The amendments would increase the payment amount and remove the per-person funding cap for single projects, excluding animal waste storage or treatment projects, while imposing a total payment cap for such animal waste projects on a farm or farms that a person owns or operates or in which the person has a controlling interest. Comments are due February 26, 2024.

The Department of Environment adopted amendments to regulations governing water quality. The amendments replace incorrect reference tables and an equation related to freshwater aquatic life water quality criteria for chronic ammonia criteria with the correct versions, and add a footnote to Table 6 to more directly indicate the effect of pH on PCP toxicity. See dsd.maryland.gov/MDRIssues/5102/Assembled.aspx#_Toc156910560.

The Board of Pesticides Control adopted amendments to regulations governing certification and licensing of commercial and private applicators. The amendments require applicators to follow certain standards for proper identification of treatment sites with outlined penalties for violations, combine the 7C categories into one category, 7C: Disinfectant and Biocide Treatments, and incorporate by reference the federal rule for age restrictions of uncertified applicators working under private applicators that are immediate family members.

The Department for Environmental Protection adopted amendments to regulations governing surface and groundwater monitoring and corrective action for special waste sites or facilities. The amendments, among other things, clarify that groundwater monitoring plans do not apply to the land application of biosolids unless a corrective action plan is necessary. See https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/registers/50Ky_R_2023-24/08_Feb.pdf (pp. 1725-29).

The Department for Environmental Protection adopted amendments to regulations governing land application of biosolids. The amendments revise siting criteria and requirements for the application of biosolids. See https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/registers/50Ky_R_2023-24/08_Feb.pdf (pp. 1721-25).