The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 62-304.520, Indian River Lagoon TMDL; and 62-304.705, St. Lucie Basin TMDLs. The purpose of the rule is to adopt TMDLs and their allocations for the impaired water segments that drain into the Indian River and the St. Lucie Estuary. The hearing will be February 6, 2009. https://www.flrules.org/Faw/FAWDocuments/FAWVOLUMEFOLDERS2008/3453/3453doc.pdf pp. 6917-6922.

The Department of Environmental Quality adopted amendments to 58.01.01, Rules for the Control of Air Pollution in Idaho. The purpose of this rulemaking is to revise §§760 through 764, Rules for the Control of Ammonia from Dairy Farms, by adding best management practices using Zeolite, an ammonia-reducing product. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/09bul/09jan.pdf p. 449.

The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 58.01.01, Rules for the Control of Air Pollution in Idaho. The purpose of this rulemaking is to establish the minimum requirements for a vehicle emissions testing program when ambient air quality concentrations are at or above 85% of a NAAQS and motor vehicle emissions constitute one of the two top contributing sources to the concentrations. The hearing will be February 3, 2009.

The Department of Agriculture adopted amendments to 02.03.03, Rules Governing Pesticide and Chemigation Use and Application. The amendments require inspections of pesticide producing establishments, pesticide dealers, and professional applicators to ensure that they are in compliance with federal pesticide containment requirements. The changes will become effective at the conclusion of the legislative session. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/09bul/09jan.pdf p. 23.

The Environmental Protection Commission adopted amendments to 22.106(1), Fee Established. The amendments increase the maximum annual Title V Operating Permit fee that the Environmental Protection Commission can establish from $39 per ton to $56 per ton on the first 4,000 tons of actual emissions of each regulated pollutant emitted annually from a major source. The changes will become effective February 4, 2009. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/ACODOCS/DOCS/12-31-2008.Bulletin.pdf p. 1511.

The Environmental Protection Commission adopted amendments to Chapter 113, Sanitary Landfills for Municipal Solid Waste: Groundwater Protection Systems for the Disposal of Nonhazardous Wastes. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/ACODOCS/DOCS/12-31-2008.Bulletin.pdf pp. 1512-16.

The Environmental Protection Commission adopted amendments to Rule 567 - 119.1(455D, 455B), Waste Oil. The changes include the addition of collection requirements for used oil filters, the addition of signage requirements for filter retailers, updates to the signage requirements for oil retailers, removal of some of the Department's responsibilities, and rescission of the state procurement regulations. The amendments also change the term "waste oil" to "used oil" to make it consistent with Iowa Code §455D.13.

The State Environmental Commission adopted amendments to Chapter 445B, Air Quality. The amendment defines the term "best available retrofit technology" for certain purposes relating to regional haze and sets the standards for emission limitation for that technology for certain sources. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/register/2008Register/R190-08RP1.pdf.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is readopting, with amendments, the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A. The five major areas of amendments are new rules for Reclaimed Water for Beneficial Reuse at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.15; a revised groundwater fee method at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-3, Determination of Permit Fees; residual at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20, Standards for the Use or Disposal of Residual; and effluent standards for whole effluent toxicity and phosphorous at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-5, Wastewater Discharge Requirements.

The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 20.11.2 NMAC, Fees; and 20.11.104 NMAC, Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles. The currently effective version of 20.11.2 NMAC imposes fees that are not sufficient to sustain the cost of the air quality programs. Amendments to 20.11.104 NMAC would address a proposal to make minor language changes. The hearing will be February 11, 2009.