The Department of Conservation seeks public comment on proposed "Ocean Energy Testing Areas." Comments are due November 30, 2009. Areas will be officially designated on December 15, 2009. http://www.maine.gov/doc/initiatives/oceanenergy/oceanenergy.shtml.

The State Environmental Commission adopted amendments to Nev. Admin. Code §445B, relating to air quality. The amendments revise limits on the emission of sulfur dioxide from certain power-generating units of the Reid Gardner Generating Station. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/register/2009Register/R148-09P.pdf.

The State Environmental Commission adopted amendments to Nev. Admin. Code §445B.3363, relating to air quality. The amendments revise provisions relating to applications for Class I operating permits to construct and Class I operating permits that are submitted by certain sources of air pollutants. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/register/2009Register/R147-09P.pdf.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to Mich. Admin. Code r. 10, Intermittent Testing and Sampling; r. 11, Continuous Emission Monitoring; and r. 15, Emission Limitations and Prohibitions-Mercury. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dleg/MR20_111509_300475_7.pdf pp. 2-36.

The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board will hold a series of public hearings on proposed amendments to rules governing the state's environmental review program. The amendments include a new mandatory environmental assessment worksheet, EIS and exemption categories for shoreland area development, and a new mandatory EIS category for releases of genetically engineered wild rice. Other amendments would streamline a variety of rules related to urban development projects and clarify the meaning of various rule provisions, such as the meaning of cumulative potential effects.

The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 129 Neb. Admin. Code §§001, 018, 022, 030, and 034, Nebraska Air Quality Regulations-New Performance Standards. The hearing will be December 4, 2009. http://www.sos.ne.gov/rules-and-regs/regtrack/details.cgi?proposal_id=0000000000000793.

The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 198 Neb. Admin. Code §003, Agricultural Chemical Containment-Loading on a fixed-wing aircraft. The hearing will be December 4, 2009. http://www.sos.ne.gov/rules-and-regs/regtrack/details.cgi?proposal_id=0000000000000796.

The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 197 Neb. Admin. Code §§001-004, Appendices A-C, Certification of Wastewater Treatment Operators in Nebraska-fee increase. The hearing will be December 4, 2009. http://www.sos.ne.gov/rules-and-regs/regtrack/details.cgi?proposal_id=0000000000000795.

The Office of Energy adopted Nev. Admin. Code Ch. 701, relating to renewable energy. The rules establish provisions governing loans from the Fund for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Loans administered by the Director of the Office of Energy. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/register/2009Register/R161-09P.pdf.

The Department of Environmental Services will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to N.H. Code Admin. R. Ann. Env-A 500, Standards Applicable to Certain New or Modified Facilities and Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants (NSPS, NESHAPs). Env-A 500 incorporates by reference certain federal new source performance standards, NESHAPs, and NESHAPs for specific source categories (also know as maximum achievable control technology). The hearing will be December 8, 2009.