The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to La. Admin. Code tit. 33:III, §2117, Exemption of Volatile Organic Compounds. This rule adds the compounds propylene carbonate; dimethyl carbonate; and 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoro-3- methoxy-4-trifluoromethyl-pentane to the list of compounds that are exempt from the control requirement of La. Admin. Code tit. 33:III.Chapter 21. These compounds are added on the basis that they make a negligible contribution to tropospheric ozone formation. In addition to the added compounds, several chemical names are added for clarity.

The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries fixed the open and close dates for the 2009 Spring Inshore Shrimp Season and has closed to recreational and commercial fishing an area located just south of Port Sulphur in Plaquemines Parish. http://www.doa.la.gov/osr/reg/0905/0905.pdf pp. 868-69.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to La. Admin. Code tit. 33:VII, §§508, 709, 717, and 719, Solid Waste Buffer Zones. The regulations covering buffer zone requirements for solid waste non-processing transfer stations and solid waste processing and disposal facilities are amended to clarify who must provide permission for a waiver of buffer zone requirements. http://www.doa.la.gov/osr/reg/0905/0905.pdf 925-926.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to La. Admin. Code tit. 33:IX, §§7301, 7303, 7305, 7307, 7309, 7313, and 7395, Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge and Biosolids. This rule implements Act 56 of the 2008 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, which transferred the registration program for haulers of domestic septage from the Department of Health and Hospitals to the Department of Environmental Quality effective July 1, 2009. The transportation requirements contain standards for vehicles that are utilized for the transportation of sewage sludge.

The Department of Agriculture and Forestry adopted amendments to La. Admin. Code tit. 7, §§103, 121, 125, 129, 143, 173, 181, and 205, relating to pesticides.

The Department of Agriculture and Forestry proposed amendments to La. Admin. Code tit. 33:XI, §§101 and 303, Interstitial Monitoring Requirement for Emergency Power Generator UST Systems. This rule requires UST owners and/or operators that install emergency power generator UST systems to conduct interstitial monitoring on all USTs and associated pressurized piping installed after the effective date of this regulation. http://www.doa.la.gov/osr/reg/0905/0905.pdf pp. 988-990.

The Department of Agriculture and Forestry proposed amendments to La. Admin. Code tit. 33:IX, §§1309, 1311, 1313, 1315, 1317, and 1319, Louisiana Water Pollution Control Fee System Regulation. This rule changes the name of the annual fee rating worksheets for the water program fees and updates the complexity designation tables (alphabetical and numerical) to conform with OSHA's updates to the SIC codes. http://www.doa.la.gov/osr/reg/0905/0905.pdf pp. 990-1016.

The Air Resources Board will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13. §§2449 through 2449.3, In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets. The hearing will be July 23, 2009. http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2009/offroad09/offroad09.htm.

§The South Coast Air Quality Management District will hold a public workshop on proposed amendments to Rule 1145, Plastic, Rubber, Leather, and Glass Coatings. This proposal will add a new category and volatile organic compound emission limit for the refrigerated glass door coating industry and align the rule with U.S. EPA's most current Control Techniques Guidelines for Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings. The workshop will be June 25, 2009. http://www.aqmd.gov/pub_edu/notice_1145_Jun_25_09.html.

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a public hearing on the proposed implementation of Idaho Admin. Code r. 58.01.01, Rules for the Control of Air Pollution in Idaho. The amendments would establish the minimum requirements for a vehicle emissions testing program. The hearing will be held July 14, 2009. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/09bul/09jun.pdf pp. 105-09.