The Department of Environment and Natural Resources adopted amendments to 15A N.C. Admin. Code 02L.0202, Groundwater Quality Standards. http://www.ncoah.com/rules/register/Volume24Issue11December12009.pdf pp. 854-56.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Ohio Admin. Code 3745:21-22, Lithographic and letterpress printing; and Ohio Admin. Code 3745:77, Title V Permit Rules. The rules are related to the control of volatile organic compound emissions from stationary sources and Ohio§s Title V permitting program. The hearing will be December 30, 2009. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/phn/3745_NO_94800_20091120_0841.pdf.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Ohio Admin. Code 3745:81-11, Ohio Admin. Code 3745:81-19 and Ohio Admin. Code 3745:81-26, Primary Drinking Water Rules. The amendments would revise the designation of vulnerability to beta/photon radioactivity contamination from sources identified within a one mile radius to those within the source water assessment and protection area; update references to more recent versions of ANSI/NSF standards; make corrections required by U.S.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 30 Tex. Admin. Code §§101.100 - 101.105, 101.107 - 101.109, 101.112, and 101.114 - 101.122, Failure to Attain Fee. The proposed amendments provide for restrictions for calculations of baseline amounts and fee obligations to remain consistent with volatile organic compound and nitrogen dioxide aggregation allowed for SIP compliance in EPA-approved SIP revisions.

The Department of Environmental Quality seeks public comment on proposed amendments to Utah Admin. Code r. 315-7-27, Air Emission Standards for Equipment Leaks. The proposed rule change includes NESHAPs for automobile and light-duty truck surface coating operations at major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). It requires these operations to meet HAP emission standards reflecting the application of the maximum achievable control technology. Comments are due December 31, 2009.

The Department of Environmental Quality seeks public comment on proposed amendments to Utah Admin. Code r. 315-316, Infectious Waste Requirements. The rule addresses the treatment, storage, transportation, and disposal of infectious waste. Proposed changes to the rule are intended to make the language clear as to who is affected by the rule and to make the rule consistent with current approved operating practices of disposal facilities. Comments are due December 31, 2009.

The State Corporation Commission adopted amendments to 20 Va. Admin. Code §5-315, Regulations Governing Net Energy Metering.

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services seeks public comment on proposed amendments to 2 Va. Admin. Code §20-60, Regulations for Pesticide Containers and Containment Under Authority of the Virginia Pesticide Control Act. The regulations would establish standards for container design and residue removal in non-refillable pesticide containers, standards for container design in refillable pesticide containers, standards for repackaging pesticide products into refillable containers and standards for pesticide containment structures. Comments are due January 6, 2010.

The Department of Ecology adopted amendments to Wash. Admin. Code §173-517, Quilcene-Snow Instream Resources Protection and Watershed Management Program. This rule sets instream flows, closes or seasonally closes sub-basins to future withdrawals, establishes reserves of water for future use, specifies conditions of use for access to the reserves, and requires metering for all new withdrawals. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/laws-rules/activity/wac173517.html.

The Department of Environmental Conservation seeks public comment on proposed adoption of Alaska Admin. Code tit. 18, §54, Requirements for the Distribution and Receipt of Financial Aid. The proposed regulations would provide the regulatory authority to administer and distribute federal and other grant money for the primary purpose of implementing a statewide air quality pollution prevention and control program in Alaska.