The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Proposed Rule 1143, Consumer Paint Thinners and Multi-Purpose Solvents.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will hold a public hearing on the proposed adoption of Proposed Rule 1144, Vanishing Oils and Rust Inhibitors. The objective of the rule is to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from vanishing oils and rust inhibitors used at industrial facilities during the manufacture and assembly of parts and products. The proposed rule would also prohibit the sale of vanishing oils and rust inhibitors unless they meet applicable VOC limits and provide exemptions for certain applications where deemed appropriate.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Rule 1156, Further Reductions of Particulate Matter Emissions from Cement Manufacturing Facilities. The amendments address elevated particulate matter emissions, including hexavalent chromium, from cement manufacturing facilities. The hearing will be March 6, 2009. Comments are due February 24, 2009. http://www.aqmd.gov/pub_edu/nph_1156_Mar_6_09.html.

The Air Quality Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed designations for the revised, more stringent, federal eight-hour ozone NAAQS. The hearing will be February 19, 2009. http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/op/aqcc/hearingnotices/2009/Ozone%20Designations%20PH%20Notice%20021909-web.pdf.

The Department of Natural Resources adopted 2 CCR 408-2, Rules Concerning the Colorado Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program (ISF). The ISF rules are intended to set forth the procedures to be followed in implementing and administering the ISF Program. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Upload/AGORequest/AdoptedRules02008-01268.RTF.

The Department of Environmental Quality seeks public comment on proposed amendments to Utah Admin. Code r. 315-15-13, Registration and Permitting of Used Oil Handlers. The amendments allow hazardous waste incinerator facilities holding a valid Utah hazardous waste permit to burn off-specification used oil for energy recovery without having to also obtain a separate off-specification used oil burner permit under the Utah Used Oil Management Rules. Comments are due July 31, 2009.

The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 9 Va. Admin. Code §20-81, Solid Waste Management Regulations; and 9 Va. Admin. Code §20-101, Vegetative Waste Management and Yard Waste Composting Regulations. The proposed regulation is needed to coordinate waste management practices with statute amendments, other agencies, and other programs, and to address issues and questions that have arisen since the regulations were last modified.

The Soil and Water Conservation Board seeks public comment on proposed amendments to 4 Va. Admin. Code §50-60, Virginia Stormwater Management Program Permit Regulations. Comments are due August 21, 2009. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol25/iss21/p4v5060b.html.

The Department of Ecology adopted amendments to Wash. Admin. Code §173-303, Dangerous Waste Regulations. The dangerous waste rules set forth waste management standards for all Washington state dangerous waste generators, transporters, and facilities. Federal rules were incorporated and state-only requirements were updated, including modifying pre-permit application requirements for siting criteria, updating publications on Chemical Test Methods and Biological Testing Methods 80-12, and various clarifications and corrections.

The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board proposed amendments to Wis. Admin. Code NR §§422.02(12), 422.07, 422.10, 422.11, 422.13, 422.142, 423.035, 439.06(3)(j), and 484.04 and creation of Wis. Admin. Code NR §§422.02(34g), 422.02(34r), 422.02 (107m), 422.075, 422.105, 422.115, 422.131, 422.141, 422.143, 423.02(5m), 423.02 (9t), and 423.037, all relating to the application of reasonably available control technology emission limitations to sources of volatile organic compounds in ozone nonattainment counties.