The Department of Environmental Quality proposed to amend Okla. Admin. Code §252.611, General Water Quality. Changes would establish fees for certification required by the CWA. The department has previously been processing applications and issuing certification at no charge. There will be a public hearing on January 11 and February 25, 2011, and the deadline for written comments is December 31, 2010. http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register/Volume-28_Issue-06.htm#a19749.

The Department of Environmental Quality proposed to amend Okla. Admin. Code §252.621, Non-Industrial Flow-Through and Public Water Supply Lagoons Including Land Application. Changes would reduce the maximum slope of a wastewater land application site from 10% to no more than 5%. There will be a public hearing on January 11 and February 25, 2011, and the deadline for written comments is December 31, 2010. http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register/Volume-28_Issue-06.htm#a21799.

The Department of Environmental Quality proposed to amend Okla. Admin. Code §252.656, Water Pollution Control Facility Construction Standards.

The Department of Environmental Quality proposed to amend Okla. Admin. Code §252.690, Water Quality Standards Implementation. Among other changes, amendments would require facilities to pass three consecutive retests within a six-month period following a whole effluent toxicity testing failure, and require industries that discharge oxygen demanding substances to conduct process control tests at the same frequency currently established for municipalities. There will be public hearings on January 11 and February 25, 2011, and the deadline for written comments is December 31, 2010.

The Department of Energy proposed to amend Or. Admin. R. 330.70, pertaining to the eligibility criteria for residential alternative energy devices and the calculation of net costs. The rule would change definitions in the Residential Energy Tax Credit rules to include energy purchase agreements, installed output, and third-party financing, and would redefine net costs and eligible alternative vehicles.

The Environmental Quality Board adopted amendments to 25 Pa.Code §121 & 129. The amendments limit emissions of volatile organic compounds from the use and application of coatings and cleaning materials in paper, film, and foil surface coating processes. The amendments took effect November 19, 2010. http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol40/40-47/2190.html.

The Railroad Commission of Texas proposed to amend 16 TAC §§3.20 & 3.71, relating to notification of leaks and blow-outs, to add contamination report guidelines, re-enact the liability provisions, and permit use of money in the oil-field clean-up fund to implement the section. The earliest possible date of adoption is December 19, 2010. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1119/1119is.pdf pp. 10116-22.

The Commission on Environmental Quality proposed an amendment to 30 Tex. Admin. Code §298. Changes would apply the surface water quality standards of Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers and Galveston Bay to all state waters. There will be a public hearing on December 16, 2010. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1119/1119is.pdf pp. 10168-81.

The General Land Office proposed to amend 31 Tex. Admin Code §1.13, Land Resources. Changes would affect leased property on state-owned riverbeds and beds of navigable streams. The deadline for public comment is December 29, 2010. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1126/1126is.pdf pp. 10421-23.

The Department of Environmental Quality proposed to amend Utah Admin. Code r. 309-110-4, Drinking Water. Changes would add definitions for ultraviolet light disinfection terminology in support of the disinfection rule update and define "detectable residual" for other disinfectants. The deadline for comments is December 31, 2010, and the rule may become effective on January 7, 2011. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bull_pdf/2010/b20101201.pdf pp. 34-48.