The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has adopted permanent rules to prohibit burning of land clearing debris in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties as of June 30, 2008. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/laws/wsr/2008/06/08-06-057.htm.

The Spokane Regional Air Quality Agency (SRCAA) has adopted a new section in Regulation I, Article II, to establish notification, performance, and reporting requirements for source tests performed in SRCAA's jurisdiction. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/laws/wsr/2008/05/08-05-014.htm.

The Department of Ecology and the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council will hold public hearings on proposed rules to set emissions performance standards for power plants that emit greenhouse gases. The 2007 Washington Legislature directed the two agencies to develop and adopt the rule by June 30, 2008.

The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on revisions to ch. NR 46, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to administration of the Forest Crop Law and Managed Forest Law. The hearing will be held April 16, 2008. http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/news/hearmeet.html.

The Department of Environmental Quality, Solid and Hazardous Waste Division, is soliciting public comment on proposed amendments to Chapters 1 through 14 of the Hazardous Waste Management Rules and Regulations to incorporate federal rules promulgated by the U.S. EPA. There are nine proposed rule provisions considered more stringent than federal rules. Pursuant to the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act [W.S.§35-11-503(a)(v)], the Department has prepared a petition to the Environmental Quality Council to approve these more stringent rule provisions. Comments are due April 15, 2008.

The Department of Environmental Management amended numerous rules concerning USTs, and adopted one new UST rule, 335615.45, Delivery Prohibition. http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/UpdatedMonthly/AAM-MAR-08/CERTIFIEDRULES.pdf pp. 1-2.

The commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game adopted under a delegation of authority from the Board of Fisheries, under AS 16.05.270, as emergency regulations, changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with the prohibition of the use of certain commercial fishing gear during state managed fisheries in certain essential fish habitat areas, including adopting by reference the current federal regulations that were amended on March 20, 2008. Comments on these regulations are due May 30, 2008.

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is soliciting public comment on proposed regulation changes in Title 11 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with the Alaska Surface Coal Mining Program. DNR proposes to amend existing sections and to adopt new sections in Title 11, Chapter 90.

The Department of Environmental Quality gives notice of a rulemaking docket opening concerning amendments to its rules that require reductions in mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants (A.A.C. R18-2-733, R18-2-733.01 and R18-2-734) to take into account the decision of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey v. EPA, No. 05-1097 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 8, 2008) in which it vacated EPA's Clean Air Mercury Rule. The amendments would adopt state-enforceable program requirements, including monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting.

The Department of Environmental Quality gives notice of a rulemaking docket opening concerning amendments to the regulations governing the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of special waste. The Department proposes to combine Title 18, Chapter 13, Article 13 (Special Waste) with Chapter 13, Article 16 (Best Management Practices for Petroleum Contaminated Soil) into one rule as Title 18, Chapter 13, Article 13 (Special Waste).