The Department of Environmental Quality amended 9 Va. Admin. Code §20.80, Solid Waste Management Regulations. The change incorporates Vegetative Waste and Yard Waste Composting Regulations and alters permit application regulations. The rule takes effect March 16, 2011. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol27/iss12/v27i12.pdf p. 1318.

The Department of Environmental Quality amended 9 Va. Admin. Code §25.110, Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for Domestic Sewage Discharges of Less Than or Equal to 1,000 Gallons Per Day.

The Department of Ecology issued the new aquatic plant and algae management general permit. The permit covers the discharge of products used to control aquatic plants and algae in Washington lakes. The permit also allows treatment of emergent plants along roadsides and ditch banks. Control products include aquatic herbicides, algaecides, biological clarification products, aquatic dyes, adjuvants, and nutrient inactivation products such as alum. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/laws/wsr/2011/04/11-04-082.htm.

The Department of Environmental Management amended Ala. Admin. Code r. 335.14 to adopt state specific requirements for the management of hazardous waste. http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/UpdatedMonthly/AAM-FEB-11/CERTIFIEDRULES.pdf.

The Oil and Gas Commission amended Rule B-19: Requirements for Well Completion Utilizing Fracture Stimulation. The change took effect January 17, 2011. http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/elections_pdfs/register/Jan11Reg/178.00.10-004.pdf.

The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection proposed to amend 14 Cal. Code Regs. §1051, Modified Timber Harvesting Plan for Fuel Hazard Reduction. The new harvesting plan is a permit that provides standards and requirements for removal and commercialization of forest products for purposes of fire hazard reduction. There will be a public hearing on May 4, 2011, and the deadline for written comment is April 11. http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/notice/8z-2011.pdf pp. 247-48.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment updated lists of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer and reproductive toxicity. The office added S,S,S§Tributyl phosphorotrithioate (Tribufos, DEF) and Acrylamide. The listings took effect February 25, 2011. http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/notice/8z-2011.pdf pp. 256-76.

The Water Quality Control Commission proposed to amend 5 Colo. Code Regs. §1002.31, Basic Standards and Methodologies for Surface Water. Changes would outline requirements for the commission to grant temporary modification to numeric standards and delay consideration of nutrient criteria until March 2012. In addition, the commission proposed to alter standards for a number of state rivers and basins. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Upload/NoticeOfRulemaking/ProposedRuleAttach2011-00111.PDF.

The Department of Agriculture amended 8 Colo. Code Regs. §1203.8, Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Administration and Enforcement of the Colorado Chemigation Act. Among other changes, the department repealed laboratory test criteria for pipeline check valves and certain construction and testing requirements for chemical injection lines. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Upload/NoticeOfRulemaking/ProposedRuleAttach2011-00122.RTF.