The South Florida Management District will hold a public hearing on the proposed establishment of a water reservation for the Picayune Strand and Fakahatchee Estuary. The hearing will be February 12, 2009. https://www.flrules.org/Faw/FAWDocuments/FAWVOLUMEFOLDERS2009/3501/3501doc.pdf pp. 23-54.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management seeks public comment on draft rule language for amendments to 329 IAC 11, concerning clarifications, consistency changes, and organizational changes to the rules for solid waste processing facilities, including transfer stations. The rulemaking proposes to clarify existing rule language for definitions, exclusions, zoning requirements, application and design standards, operating standards, closure, and post-closure requirements. Comments are due February 13, 2009.

The Public Utilities Commission adopted amendments to Chapter 930, Solar and Wind Energy Rebate Program. Chapter 930 governs the implementation of the state's solar energy rebate as well as the Commission's newly created wind energy rebate program. http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=65866&an=1.

The Department of Environmental Protection is postponing public hearings on proposed amendments to 310 CMR 4.00, Timely Action Schedule and Fee Provisions; 310 CMR 9.00, Waterways regulations; 314 CMR 21.00, Stormwater General Permit regulations; and 310 CMR 40.0000, Massachusetts Contingency Plan of the Waste Site Cleanup program. The hearing date was originally set for January 16 and 20, 2009. The Department will reschedule these hearings and send out the revised schedule and a copy of the proposed changes in the near future. .

The Board of Environmental Review will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to ARM 17.8.102, Incorporation by Reference. The amendment would specifically exempt from the incorporation by reference 40 CFR Part 60, subpart HHHH, which establishes a scheme for regulating emissions of mercury under an emission credit trading program. The hearing will be February 4, 2009. http://deq.mt.gov/dir/legal/Notices/17-281pro.pdf.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to ARM 17.56.502, Reporting of Suspected Releases. The amendment requires records documenting the cause of and the investigative and corrective actions undertaken in response to suspected releases to be maintained for one year. http://www.deq.state.mt.us/dir/legal/Notices/17-280adp.pdf.

The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments and additions to N.J.A.C. 7:1G-3.1, 3.2, and 5.3; 7:27-21.1 through 21.3; 7:27-21.5; and 7:27-21.11 through 21.13, Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Reporting Program.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources adopted amendments and additions to 15A NCAC 02B .0263 through .0273 and .0311(p). The purpose of the rules is to restore and maintain nutrient-related water quality standards in B. Everett Jordan Reservoir; protect its classified uses, including its use as a source of water supply for drinking water, culinary, and food processing purposes; and maintain or enhance protections currently implemented by local governments in existing water supply watersheds.

The Environmental Quality Board amended Chapters 260a§266a, 266b, 269a, and 270a, Hazardous Waste Management. This rulemaking includes revisions to remove obsolete provisions and correct inaccurate references currently in the regulations, delete the outdated coproduct transition scheme, simplify the hazardous waste manifest system, update the financial assurance requirements for bonding, expand and clarify the universal waste requirements, correct an outdated reference to the Board in the hazardous waste facilities siting criteria, and add provisions for standardized permits.

The Department of Natural Resources will hold two public hearings on the creation of Chapter NR 528, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to the management of accumulated sediment from stormwater management structures. This proposed rule would create a framework of self regulation for the management of sediment obtained when cleaning stormwater sediment control structures. The proposed rule would place the department in an oversight role, thereby minimizing and targeting uses of scarce staff resources, and provide a reasonable, safe, and consistent approach in managing end uses of accumulated sediment.