The Natural Resources Commission adopted amendments to 312 Ind. Admin. Code 18-3-18, pertaining to entomology and plant pathology. The amendments provide quarantine standards for the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), a pest or pathogen, and add counties and townships to the quarantine area. http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/irtoc.htm?view=list&lsadocnum=09-85.

The Environmental Protection Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Iowa Admin. Code r. 123, Regional Collection Centers and Mobile Unit Collection and Consolidation Centers; and Iowa Admin. Code r. 211, Financial Assistance for the Collection of Household Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste From Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators. The proposed amendments differentiate between satellite facilities and regional collection centers. The hearing will be December 8, 2009.

The Environmental Protection Commission will hold public hearings on proposed amendments to Iowa Admin. Code r. 90, Scope of Title--Definitions--Forms; r. 91, Criteria for Rating and Ranking Projects for the Water Pollution Control State Revolving Fund; r. 92, Clean Water State Revolving Fund; and r. 93, Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Set-Aside Programs. The proposed amendments would update the Clean Water State Revolving Fund rules to reflect new definitions and current program practices and better define project eligibility and prioritization.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to La. Admin. Code tit. 33, §III.501, Statutory Exemption for Air Permits. The amendments add an exemption for any source for which facility-wide potential emissions are less than 5 tons per year for each of any regulated air pollutant as defined by the CAA, less than 15 tons per year emitted of all such defined pollutants combined, and less than the minimum emission rate for each toxic air pollutant established pursuant to state law, unless such source is required to obtain a permit pursuant to the CAA.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to La. Admin. Code tit. 33, §V.3105, Integration of Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards. The rules deal with hazardous waste incinerators. This action is needed in order for the state hazardous waste regulations to maintain equivalency with the federal regulation. http://www.doa.la.gov/osr/reg/0911/0911.pdf p. 2350.

The Department of Environmental Protection adopted amendments to 310 Mass. Code Regs. 4.00, Timely Action Schedule and Fee Provisions. The amendments delete, add, increase, and decrease fees and otherwise amend permit or annual compliance fee categories for the Division of Water Pollution Control, Ground Water Discharge Permit Program and Reclaimed Water Permit Program and Standards. http://www.mass.gov/dep/service/online/fees.htm#regs.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Me. Code R. §161, Graphic Arts§Offset Lithography and Letterpress Printing. This regulation would require all category sources to determine their emission levels and implement reasonable options for keeping such emissions at a minimum in a cost effective way, including control technology approaches, volatile organic compound and composite vapor pressure limits, and work practice standards. The hearing will be January 7, 2010.

The Department of the Environmental adopted amendments to Md. Code Regs. 26.04.01, Quality of Drinking Water in Maryland. http://www.dsd.state.md.us/mdregister/3625/index.htm#Quality_of_Drinking_Water_in_Maryland_18.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency proposed amendments to Minn. R. 7150.0010, Applicability; Minn. R. 7150.0100, Performance Standards for UST Systems; Minn. R. 7150.0205, Design and Construction; Minn. R. 7150.0211, Class A, B, and C Operator Requirements; Minn. R. 7150.0215, Operation and Maintenance of Cathodic Protection; Minn. R. 7150.0300, Release Detection; Minn. R. 7150.0340, Methods of Release Detection for Piping; Minn. R. 7150.0400, Temporary Closure; Minn. R. 7150.0410, Permanent Closure and Change in Status to Storage of Non-Regulated Substances; Minn. R.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 15A N.C. Admin. Code 02D.0408, Lead; 15A N.C. Admin. Code 02D.0540, Particulates From Fugitive Dust Emission Sources; 15A N.C. Admin. Code 02D.1104, Toxic Air Pollutant Guidelines; and 15 N.C. Admin. Code 02Q.0711, Emission Rates Requiring a Permit.