The Department of Environmental Quality amended 129 Neb. Admin. Code §018.028, Nebraska Air Quality Regulations. Changes alter the dates of construction for which certain rules apply and add documents incorporated by reference. The rule took effect June 15, 2011. http://www.sos.state.ne.us/rules-and-regs/regtrack/proposals/0000000000000924.pdf.

The Department of Environmental Conservation amended N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 6, §§200, 201 and 231, pertaining to particulate matter. The change is an emergency rule to allow the department to comply with federal new source review rules from 2008 and 2010. http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2011/jun15/pdfs/rules.pdf pp. 14-21.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed amendments to Ohio Admin. Code 3745.71, related to the control of lead emissions from industrial sources. Changes would replace §01 with new text based on Legislative Service Commission requirements, rescind §§04 & 05, and amend §03 for consistency with NAAQS for lead. There will be a public hearing on July 14, 2011. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/phn/3745_NO_139179_20110606_1302.pdf.

The Department of Environmental Quality amended Okla. Admin. Code §252:611, General Water Quality. Changes, which establish fees for certifications required to be issued by the state, go into effect July 1, 2011. http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register/Volume-28_Issue-19.htm#a272686.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted Okla. Admin. Code §252:616.3, Industrial Wastewater Systems. Changes establish application fees for non-discharging industrial wastewater systems required to be permitted by the Department. The rule becomes effective July 1, 2011. http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register/Volume-28_Issue-19.htm#a274954.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted Okla. Admin. Code §252.621, Non-Industrial Flow-Through and Public Water Supply Lagoons Including Land Application. Changes reduce the maximum slope of a wastewater land application site from 10% to no more than 5%. The rule takes effect July 1, 2011. http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register/Volume-28_Issue-19.htm#a281367.

The Department of Environmental Quality amended Okla. Admin. Code §252.656, Water Pollution Control Facility Construction Standards. Changes limit who is eligible to obtain a wastewater construction permit, make the requirements for variances from construction standards in this chapter consistent with the proposed variance requirements in Okla. Admin.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources proposed to repeal the chapter on Construction of Control Facilities for water supply and treatment systems. There will be a public hearing on July 13, 2011. http://legis.state.sd.us/rules/register/06202011.pdf pp. 239-40.

The Forest Practices Board amended Wash. Admin. Code §222, relating to forest biomass harvest, watershed analysis reviews, and the addition of threatened or endangered species habitat in the riparian open space program. Changes took effect June 20, 2011. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/laws/wsr/2011/12/11-12-009.htm.

The Division of Air Quality proposed to amend W. Va. Admin. Code §22.5.4, Ambient Air Quality Standards, Permits for Construction and Major Modification of Major Stationary Sources for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, Control of Air Pollution from Combustion of Solid Waste, and five other sections. In addition, the Division proposed the repeal of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Program. There will be a public hearing on July 11, 2011.