The Board of Minerals and Environment will hold a public hearing on amendments to 35 SDR 16. The amendments would update asbestos training and certification requirements and state approval rules to allow a longer timeframe for certified asbestos workers to renew required certification, clarify notification and documentation requirements for asbestos training providers that seek accreditation for the training services, and require annual training to take place in South Dakota. The hearing will be September 18, 2008.

The Commission on Environmental Quality proposes amendments to Title 30 Part 1 Chapter 117, Control of Air Pollution from Nitrogen Compounds. The proposed rule changes would apply to major and minor sources of nitrogen oxide in the Beaumont-Port Arthur and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria nonattainment areas. It would provide output-based monitoring as an additional alternative to the existing requirement to install fuel flow meters on stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines and stationary gas turbines.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality adopts amendments to Title 30 Part 1 Chapters 30 & 285, regarding on site sewage facilities. The amendments cover licensing of service technicians as well as several technical aspects of on site sewage system use and maintenance. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/sos/adopted/30.ENVIRONMENTAL%20QUALITY.html#398.

The Commission on Environmental Quality proposes amendments to Title 30 Part 1 Chapter 37, Financial Assurances. The changes proposed to this chapter are part of a larger proposal to revise the commission's radiation control and underground injection control rules. The proposed amendments to Chapter 37 establish the financial assurance requirements for licenses for source material recovery, byproduct disposal, aquifer restoration, and radioactive substances storage and processing.

The Commission on Environmental Quality proposes amendments to Title 30 Part 1 Chapter 39, Public Notices. The changes proposed to this chapter are part of a larger proposal to revise the commission's radiation control and underground injection control rules.

The Commission on Environmental Quality proposes amendments to Title 30 Part 1 Chapter 55, Requests for Reconsideration and Contested Case Hearings; Public Comment. The changes proposed to this chapter are part of a larger proposal to revise the commission's radiation control and underground injection control (UIC) rules.

The Commission on Environmental Quality proposes amendments to Title 30 Part 1 Chapter 305, Consolidated Permits. The changes proposed to this chapter are part of a larger proposal to revise the commission's radiation control and underground injection control rules. The proposed changes to Chapter 305 address amendment application requirements for radioactive materials licenses, establish term limits for injection well area permits authorizing in situ recovery of uranium, and address production area authorization application requirements.

The Commission on Environmental Quality proposes amendments to Title 30 Part 1 Chapter 331, Underground Injection Control. The changes proposed to this chapter are part of a larger proposal to revise the commission's radiation control and underground injection control rules.

The Commission on Environmental Quality proposes amendments to Title 30 Part 1 Chapter 336, Radioactive Substances Rules. The changes proposed to this chapter are part of a larger proposal to revise the commission's radiation control and underground injection control rules.

The Department of Environmental Conservation adopted amendments to 18 AAC 75, Article 3, Discharge Reporting, Cleanup and Disposal of Oil and Other Hazardous Substances, regarding the cleanup of contaminated properties. Cleanup levels have been updated to reflect new toxicity information in EPA's Integrated Risk Information System and other EPA-approved data sources. New chemicals have been added to the soil and groundwater look-up tables (Tables B1 and C).