The Department of Environmental Quality proposed amendments to regulations governing the Montana Underground Storage Tank Installer and Inspector Licensing and Permitting Act. The amendments would, among other things, repeal unnecessary definitions, add new license categories for compliance testers and junior installers, extend the licensing period from one year to three years, and update fee structures. A hearing will be held June 13, 2024. Comments are due June 21, 2024.
The Department of Health and Environment seeks comment on the 2025 Intended Use Plans for the Kansas Public Water Supply Loan Fund and the Kansas Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. The plans would make additions to the Project Priority List of each program, include estimates and uses of anticipated capitalization grants from EPA, and establish criteria for loan forgiveness and procedures for ranking projects. A hearing will be held June 25, 2024. Comments are due the same date.
The Energy and Carbon Management Commission proposed amendments to regulations governing deep geothermal operations. The amendments would establish a permitting structure for the review and authorization of deep geothermal wells and surface locations. A hearing will be held July 29, 2024. See https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Upload/NoticeOfRulemaking/AddInfoAttach2024-00231.rtf.
Development impacts many aspects of the food system, including where food is grown, how far food must travel, where distributors and retailers are placed, and who has access to fresh and nutritious food. By viewing development and its associated impacts through a sustainability and life-cycle lens, we can rethink the role of development and how communities can grow while fostering a strong, inclusive, affordable, accessible, and healthy food system. This Article focuses on the way local governments regulate development and how that impacts the food system.
For more than half a century, the Chesapeake Bay and many of its tributaries have suffered from poor water quality. Compelled by an executive order and litigation, in 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load (Bay TMDL) to reduce pollution discharges and thereby restore Bay water quality; unfortunately, the Bay TMDL will fail to meet its 2025 objective.