The Solid Waste Management Board will hold a public hearing on new rule 329 Ind. Admin. Code 3.1-5-2, Delisting. The rule concerns the delisting of wastewater treatment sludge disposed of in a corrective action unit adjacent to the Medora Sanitary Landfill in Jackson County. The hearing will be November 17, 2009. http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/irtoc.htm?view=list&lsadocnum=09-206.

The Environmental Protection Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Iowa Admin. Code r. 567-61, Antidegradation Policy and Implementation Procedures: Outstanding Iowa Waters. The amendments revise the list of Outstanding Iowa Waters in Appendix B of the Iowa Antidegradation Implementation Procedure. The hearing will be November 10, 2009. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/ACODOCS/DOCS/10-21-2009.Bulletin.pdf (pp. 1091-102).

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 310 Mass. Code Regs. 46.00, Certification of Well Drillers and Filing of Well Completion Reports. These regulations are a revised version of regulations previously within the Department of Conservation and Recreation in order to effectuate an orderly transfer of the Well Driller Program from the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Protection. The hearing will be November 12, 2009.

The Department of Environmental Management will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-14-1 to 335-14-8, 335-14-11, and 335-14-17, relating to hazardous waste.

The Air Resources Board will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Cal. Code Regs. tit. 17 §§95380, 95381, 95382, 95383, 95384, 95385, 95386, 95387, 95388, 95389, 95390, 95391, 95392, 95393, 95394, 95395, 95396, 95397, and 95398, relating to High Global Warming Potential (GWP) Refrigerants for Stationary Sources. The proposed stationary refrigeration management practices apply to any refrigeration system that uses more than 50 pounds of a high-GWP refrigerant.

The Air Resources Board will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Cal. Code Regs. tit. 17 §§94801, 94804, 94805, and 94806, relating to Indoor Air Cleaning Devices. The amendments would extend the deadline for package certification labeling for one year, to October 18, 2011, and allow the use of adhesive certification labels (rather than printing on the package) until October 1, 2012.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) issued a guidance document on its recently revised Solvent Metal Degreasing regulations, 310 Mass. Code Regs. 7.18(30). This guidance allows facilities that use cold cleaning degreasers to use noncompliant solvents purchased by the facility prior to September 6, 2009, until April 1, 2010, and clarifies the relationship of this new volatile organic compounds reasonably available control technology regulation to existing MassDEP Air Quality Plan Approvals.

The Commission on Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Lead Based Paint Activities Regulations. The hearing will be November 18, 2009.

The Department of Environmental Quality proposed amendments to Wastewater Regulations for NPDES Permits, Underground Injection Control Permits, State Permits, Water Quality Based Effluent Limitations, and Water Quality Certification.

The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 10, §§10-6.010, Ambient Air Quality Standards; 10-6.040, Reference Methods; 10-6.070, New Source Performance Regulations; 10-6.075, Maximum Achievable Control Technology Regulations; 10-6.080, Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; and 10-6.130, Controlling Emissions During Episodes of High Air Pollution Potential. The purpose of this amendment is to update the standards for ambient air quality throughout Missouri in order to reflect the changes in the NAAQS.