The Pollution Control Board proposed to amend 35 Ill. Admin. Code §304, Effluent Standards. Changes would establish an effluent limit of 400 fecal coliforms colony forming units per 100 ml from March 1 through November 30 for effluent discharges to primary contact recreation use water segments of the Chicago Area Waterway System. The deadline for public comment is September 12, 2011. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume35_issue31.pdf pp.

The Natural Resources Commission temporarily amended 312 Ind. Admin. Code 16 to add noncode provisions to govern the permitting, spacing, bonding, construction, and completion of coal bed methane wells under IC 14-37 and to assist with the implementation of P.L.140-2011. The amendment took effect August 1, 2011. http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/20110727-IR-312110432ERA.xml.pdf.

The Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board amended Iowa Admin. Code ch. 11, Claims, to change the authority to pay for the removal of USTs. The rule places a dollar cap on the amount that may be spent per site and becomes effective August 31, 2011. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/ACODOCS/DOCS/07-27-2011.Bulletin.pdf pp. 113-16.

The Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences amended La. Admin. Code 7:XXIII.103, 157, and 158, Bulk Pesticide Facilities. The emergency amendment adopts EPA rules that regulate pesticide containers and the filling and refilling of those containers, and the rule takes effect upon signing. http://www.doa.la.gov/osr/reg/1107/1107.pdf pp. 2060-62.

The Office of Conservation proposed to amend La. Admin. Code 43:XIX.118, Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation Operations, to require that a work permit be obtained from the Office of Conservation prior to initiating hydraulic fracture stimulation operations on a well. The deadline for comment is August 12, 2011. http://www.doa.la.gov/osr/reg/1107/1107.pdf pp. 2290-91.

The Department of Natural Resources proposed to amend Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit.10, §6.070, New Source Performance Regulations. The change would adopt by reference new emission standards, updates, and clarifications to existing federal rule 40 C.F.R. 60. There will be a public hearing on September 29, 2011, and the deadline for public comment is October 6. http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/moreg/current/v36n15/v36n15b.pdf p. 1811.

The Department of Natural Resources proposed to amend Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit.10, §6.075, Maximum Available Control Technology. The change would adopt by reference new emission standards, updates, and clarifications to existing federal rule 40 C.F.R. 63. There will be a public hearing on September 29, 2011, and the deadline for public comment is October 6. http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/moreg/current/v36n15/v36n15b.pdf pp. 1812-14.

The Department of Natural Resources proposed to amend Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit.10, §6.080, Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants. The change would adopt by reference new emission standards, updates, and clarifications to existing federal rule 40 C.F.R. 61. There will be a public hearing on September 29, 2011, and the deadline for public comment is October 6. http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/moreg/current/v36n15/v36n15b.pdf pp. 1814-15.

The Department of Natural Resources proposed to amend Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit.10, §40.5.010, Prohibitions and Limitations on Mining in Certain Areas. Changes would offer increased opportunity for proof of valid existing rights and define what a company must prove and how the regulatory authority must decide whether the rights asserted are valid. The deadline for comment is September 1, 2011. http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/moreg/current/v36n15/v36n15b.pdf pp. 1820-26.

The Department of Natural Resources proposed to amend Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit.10, §20.8.120, Design of Gravity Sewers. The amendment would update the rule to current industry practices. The deadline for public comment is September 14, 2011. http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/moreg/current/v36n15/v36n15b.pdf pp. 1815-20.