The Commission on Environmental Quality adopted the repeal of 30 Tex. Admin. Code §§39.402, 39.404, and 39.606; adopted new §39.402; and also adopted the amendments to §§39.106, 39.403, 39.405, 39.409, 39.411, 39.418 39.420, 39.501, 39.551, 39.601 -39.605, 39.651, 39.653, and 39.709. Rules relate to public participation in environmental permit processes, and include requirements for public notice of waste applications, stricter requirements for public notice of air quality permit applications, expansion of permit types requiring public notice, and a mandate that the directors of certain agencies encourage public participation. The rules took effect June 24, 2010. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/currview/0618is.pdf pp. 5198-273.