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Illinois: Air

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed changes to 35 Ill. Admin. Code 276, Procedures to be Followed in the Performance of Inspections of Motor Vehicle Emissions. Changes would reflect the full implementation of on-board diagnostic testing in vehicle emissions texts. The amendments require a subject vehicle owner to obtain, but not display or possess, an emissions compliance certificate in order to obtain or renew the subject vehicle's registration. There will be public hearings on February 23 and March 2, 2011, and the deadline for comment is April 1.

Minnesota: Climate Change

The Environmental Quality Board proposed to amend Minn. R. 4410.4300 to add a specific threshold number applying to greenhouse gas emissions to the mandatory EA worksheet category for air pollutants. The level proposed is a combined total of 100,000 tons per year of greenhouse gases, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents. The gases to which this would apply are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. The deadline for comment is February 23, 2011.

Nebraska: Waste

The Department of Agriculture amended 23 Neb. Admin. Code §17, Livestock Composting Regulations. Among other changes, amendments remove the requirement that owners of composting facilities have contingency plans for catastrophic death losses or disruptions of normal composting activities of livestock carcasses. The amendment was approved by the Attorney General on January 19, 2011. http://www.sos.state.ne.us/rules-and-regs/regtrack/proposals/0000000000000930.pdf.

Nebraska: Waste

The Department of Environmental Quality amended 23 Neb. Admin. Code §§001.002, 004.005, 008, and 010, Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Grants Program. Changes add the definition of "deconstruction," specify that grant disbursements are subject to availability of funds, and add that equipment funded by grants may be required to display a Department decal. The amendment was approved by the Attorney General on January 19, 2011.

South Dakota: Climate Change

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources proposed to amend Air Pollution Control Program rules. Changes would allow certain businesses to start construction before the construction permit is issued once they have satisfied the proposed requirements. There will be a public hearing on February 17, 2011, and the deadline for comment is February 16. http://legis.state.sd.us/rules/register/01242011.pdf p. 139.

Vermont: Air

The Air Pollution Control Division submitted the final proposed rule "Air Pollution Control Regulations, Subchapter XI, Low Emission Vehicles - Regulations to Control Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Motor Vehicles" to the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules. Changes establish greenhouse gas emissions standards for inclusion in the state's Low Emission Vehicles program. The Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules ends February 19, 2011. http://www.anr.state.vt.us/air/htm/ProposedAmendments.htm#revSIP.