The Pollution Control Board proposed to amend 35 Ill. Admin. Code 807, Solid Waste. Changes would incorporate technical corrections to Financial Assurance Instruments. The deadline for public comment is August 23, 2011. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue28.pdf pp. 10490-504.

The Pollution Control Board proposed to amend 35 Ill. Admin. Code 811, Standards for New Solid Waste Landfills. Changes would incorporate technical corrections to Financial Assurance Instruments. The deadline for public comment is August 23, 2011 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue28.pdf pp. 10505-19.

The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation proposed to amend Mont. Admin. R. 36.12.101, 36.12.102, 36.12.103, and 36.12.1701 regarding water rights permitting. Changes would alter definitions to define "manifold" and would remove obsolete earmarks and forms. There will be a public hearing August 10, 2011, and the deadline for written comment is August 11. http://sos.mt.gov/arm/Register/archives/MAR2011/MAR11-13.pdf pp. 1277-86.

The Office of Energy proposed to amend Nev. Admin. Code §701, relating to energy conservation in buildings. Changes would allow for the adoption of the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code and related standards. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/register/2011Register/R024-11I.pdf.

The Commission on Environmental Quality amended 30 Tex. Admin. Code §328.66, Management of Used or Scrap Tires. Under the rule change, applicants for Land Reclamation Projects Using Tires are no longer required to publish public notice in adjacent counties; public notice need only be published in the county in which the facility is to be located. The amendment took effect July 14, 2011. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0708/0708is.pdf pp. 4415-16.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency amended 35 Ill. Admin. Code 276, Procedures to be Followed in the Performance of Inspections of Motor Vehicle Emissions. Changes remove references to the IM240 emissions test, update definitions, and create a universal "emission compliance certificate." The amendment took effect June 28, 2011. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue29.pdf pp. 11268-357.

The Natural Resources Commission proposed to amend 312 Ind. Admin. Code §§10.2.29.5, 10.4.5, and 10.5, relating to the definition of a "mass of wood" and regulations for removing logjams. There will be a public hearing August 26, 2011. http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/20110720-IR-312110170PRA.xml.pdf.

The Department of Environmental Quality amended Mich. Admin. Code R 336.2801 and R 336.2816, Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality. Changes alter section definitions and rules for sources impacting federal class I areas. Changes took effect June 29, 2011. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/lara/MR12_071511_358259_7.pdf pp. 2-14.

The Department of Environmental Quality amended Mich. Admin. Code R 336.2901, New Source Review of Major Sources Impacting Nonattainment Areas. Changes alter definitions. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/lara/MR12_071511_358259_7.pdf pp. 20-29.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources proposed to amend solid waste rules to include definitions related to medical waste, repeal medical waste rules to eliminate redundancy, and amend regional haze program rules to revise the emission limits for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides to include periods of startup and shutdown for coal-fired power plants. There will be a public hearing on August 18, 2011, and the deadline for written comment is August 17. http://legis.state.sd.us/rules/register/07182011.pdf p.