The Fish and Game Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14, §632, Marine Protected Areas. The area covered in this proposal is the northcentral coast region, defined as state waters between Alder Creek, near Point Arena (Mendocino County) and Pigeon Point (San Mateo County). The proposed regulation establishes a network component of Marine Protected Areas designed to include all representative northcentral coast habitats and major oceanic conditions.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 7 Del. Code Regs. §1101, Definitions and Administrative Principles; and 7 Del. Code Regs. §1146, Electric Generating Unit Multi-Pollutant Regulation. The proposed amendments to Regulation 1101 update the Delaware definition of a volatile organic compound (VOC) to be the same as the federal definition. This allows Delaware users of solvent-containing products to use these VOC-exempt compounds, which may provide desired product properties without contributing to ozone formation.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control adopted proposed amendments to 7 Del. Code Regs. §1302, Regulations Governing Hazardous Waste, to make minor, miscellaneous corrections to align the state's program with the federal program. http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2009/final/index.shtml#TopOfPage.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a rule development workshop on amendments to Fla. Admin. Code Ann. rr. 62-285.300 through 62-285.304, Electric Utility Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program. The amendments would establish statewide emission caps from the electric utility sector and include general provisions related to the establishment and operation of a cap-and-trade program to accomplish greenhouse gas emission reductions. The department also proposed to develop four additional new rule sections to implement details of the proposed cap-and-trade program.

The Department of Environmental Protection adopted amendments to Fla. Admin. Code Ann. rr. 62-520.310, General Provisions for Ground Water; 62-520.470, Permit Renewal and Modification Procedures for Installations Discharging to Ground Water; 62-520.500, Exemptions for Installations Discharging Into Class G-I or G-II Ground Water; and 62-520.600, Ground Water Monitoring Requirements and Exemptions. The amendments affect subsequent permits and siting requirements.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Fla. Admin. Code Ann. r. 62B-26.001, Description of the Walton County Coastal Construction Control Line.

The Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund will hold a public hearing on amendments to Fla. Admin. Code Ann. r. 18-21.004, Management Policies, Standards, and Criteria. The amendments would address the criteria for fish cleaning stations that are acceptable in, on, or over state-owned submerged land in association with docking structures, fishing piers, and bulkheads, whether physically attached to or placed on a structure, and the criteria to use in authorizing such structures.

The Suwannee River Water Management District initiated rule development for amendments to Fla. Admin. Code Ann. rr. 40B-2.011 through 40B-2.901. The amendments would update Chapter 40B-2 to modernize the existing rule language and incorporate a Water Use Permitting Guide by reference. In addition, Rule 40B-2.041 would amend the Minor Permit by Rule that regulates qualifying landscape irrigation uses in Rule 40B-2.041. The effect of the rule development will set forth conservation measures for qualifying landscape irrigation uses and develop consistency with St.

The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 391-3-1, Air Quality Control. The amendments would bring Georgia's rules in line with the federal CAA. The hearing will be June 1, 2009. http://www.gaepd.org/environet/1/.

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks public comment on proposed amendments to Idaho Admin. Code r. 58.01.02, Water Quality Standards. The amendments would lower Idaho's arsenic human health criteria from 50 ug/L to 10 ug/L and lower the low-end hardness cap used in calculation of cadmium aquatic life criteria from 25 mg/L to 10mg/L (Section 210). In addition, DEQ proposes to make nonsubstantive revisions to portions of Section 210 identified as needing correction or clarification. Comments are due June 5, 2009.