The Water Development Board proposed the adoption of a new 31 Tex. Admin. Code §375 and the simultaneous repeal of the existing statute. The law governs the state's Clean Water State Revolving Fund and would change streamline procedures for applying for and receiving grants and loans. In addition, for the first time, the Board proposed subsidies: new U.S. EPA requirements mandate that 30 percent of a capitalization grant be allotted in subsidies for entities otherwise unable to afford fund loans. In addition, 20 percent of the grant must be spent on green projects.

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources amended sections of 4 Va. Admin. Code §20, changing laws on bluefish, blue crab, and black sea bass take limits and seasons. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol26/iss22/v26i22.pdf pp. 2597-98.

The Department of Water Resources amended Ariz. Admin. Code §12.15, allowing the department to raise 2011 fees and charge an additional $118 fee for every hour the department spends reviewing an application. Maximum fees were set at $10,000 for applications determined by the department to be non-complex, and $65,000 for complex ones. Complex applications include issuance and renewal of most permits. In addition, the department has instituted a $300 fee to open well owners if the department caps the well and a number of new well-drilling related permit and license fees.

The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection proposes to amend Calif. Code. Regs. tit. 14 to set regulations for operations on saturated soil to insure that they comply with state water quality requirements. The written comment period ends August 23, 2010, and there will be a public hearing on September 8. http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/notice/28z-2010.pdf pp. 1045-47.

The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery proposes to adopt a conflict of interest code that will include any decisionmaking employees of the department that can foreseeably have a material effect on financial interests. The written comment period ends August 23, 2010. http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/notice/28z-2010.pdf pp. 1047-48.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposed to amend 27 Calif. Code Regs. §25805, which sets the maximum allowable dose level for cadmium. The change would specify that the dose is for oral route of exposure. The written comment period ends August 23, 2010. http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/notice/28z-2010.pdf pp. 1052-55.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a technical information letter rather than a safe use determination to Frito-Lay pursuant to a 2005 request for a determination that the company would not have to print a warning notice on its corn products pursuant to Proposition 65. http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/notice/29z-2010.pdf p. 1089.

The Water and Sewer authority proposes to amend 21 D.C. Municipal Regs. §1501 to revise the discharge limits for cadmium, molybdenum and silver; clarify the discharge limit for mercury; and add a discharge limit for polychlorinated biphenyls. The comment period ends August 9, 2010. http://newsroom.dc.gov/show.aspx/agency/os/section/37/release/20171/year/2010 pp. 5962-66.

The Department of Environmental Protection seeks public comment on proposed changes to the state's SIP for regional haze. Changes would remove the Reasonable Progress Control Technology rule from the plan. There will be a public hearing on August 18, 2010, and the written comment period ends August 6, 2010. https://www.flrules.org/Faw/FAWDocuments/FAWVOLUMEFOLDERS2010/3628/3628doc.pdf pp. 3305-6. for the notice http://www.

The Environmental Protection Agency amended 2 Ill. Admin. Code §1828, which pertains to public access to agency records. The agency has repealed a section governing record requests for the purposes of litigation and added a section on records to be used for commercial purposes as well as a section regarding the requester's right to file suit in circuit court. http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume34_issue28.pdf pp. 9028-63.