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Connecticut: Waste

The Department of Environmental Protection proposed to amend Conn. Gen. Stat. §§4.168 and 22a.6 to update the list of designated recyclable items that every person and entity in Connecticut is required to recycle. The list would be expanded to include containers of three gallons or less made of polyethylene terephthalate plastic and high-density polyethylene plastic and additional types of paper including boxboard, magazines, residential high-grade white paper, and colored ledger. The deadline for written comment is October 6, 2011.

76 FR 49412

FWS and NOAA-Fisheries announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the saltmarsh topminnow as threatened or endangered under the ESA; the agencies found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review. 

Colorado: Water

The Department of Public Health and Environment amended 5 Colo. Code Regs. §1002.61, Housed Commercial Swine Feeding Operations. Changes include the addition of a requirement that swine waste management plans identify the crops to be planted in each field, a new section of rules on changes to swine waste management plans, and best management practices for flooding and overflow. The changes take effect September 30, 2011.

76 FR 49408

FWS proposed to list the Miami blue butterfly as endangered under the ESA and to list the cassius blue butterfly, the ceraunus blue butterfly, and the nickerbean blue butterfly as threatened due to their similarity of appearance; see above for direct final rule.

76 FR 39478

EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a final rule establishing new requirements for the fuel economy and environment label for all 2013 and later vehicles, including greenhouse gas (GHG) and smog-forming emissions.

76 FR 49202

FWS proposed to list the Philippine cockatoo and the yellow-crested cockatoo as endangered under the ESA, to list the white cockatoo as threatened, and to forego listing of the crimson shining parrot.