The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a series of public hearings on proposed amendments to 310 CMR 4.00, Timely Action Schedule and Fee Provisions; 310 CMR 9.00, Waterways regulations; and 310 CMR 40.0000, Massachusetts Contingency Plan of the Waste Site Cleanup program. The proposed changes will amend permit or annual compliance fee categories for environmental programs including Water Pollution Control Title 5, Water Supply, Watershed Management, Wetlands and Waterways, Environmental Laboratory Certification, Air Quality, Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste, and Mercury Management. They also implement fee changes required by statutory amendments to the Waste Site Cleanup program, Chapter 21E. The hearings will be January 16 and 20, 2009. Comments are due January 30, 2009. http://www.mass.gov/dep/service/regulations/proposed/feespkg_2009_1.pdf.