The Air Resources Board seeks public comment on proposed amendments to Cal. Code Regs. tit. 17, §§97000, 97001, 97002, 97003, 97004, 97005, 97006, 97007, 97008, 97009, 97010, 97011, and 97012. The amendments would create a California Renewable Energy Standard requiring providers of electricity to demonstrate, by 2020, that at least 33 percent of the electricity produced came from a renewable energy source, and allowing for providers to bank and trade renewable energy credits. The law would affect all energy providers who sell 200,000 MWh or more per year.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard and Assessment seeks public comment on a draft of revised reference exposure levels for nickel and nickel compounds for the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program. The Office also seeks comment on revised methodology to protect infants, children, and other sensitive subpopulations. The public review period will end on August 3, 2010. http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/notice/23z-2010.pdf pp. 860-61.

The Department of Food and Agriculture amended Cal. Code Regs. tit. 3, §3423(b), pertaining to the Oriental Fruit Fly interior quarantine. The amendments remove 84 square miles of land from the area under quarantine, and removes authority from the state of California to regulate movement of the fly in the recently de-quarantined zone. The public comment period ends July 19, 2010, and the Department intends to submit a Certificate of Compliance for this action no later than August 31, 2010.

The Fish and Game Commission has determined that the addition of the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) to the list of threatened species list is warranted. The finding is pursuant to Cal. Fish & Game Code §2050. http://www.oal.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/notice/23z-2010.pdf pp. 855-60.

The Department of Public Health and Environment amended 6 Colo. Code Regs. ch. 1007, §3, which pertains to standards for transporters of hazardous waste and hazardous waste commission fees. New rules take effect June 30, 2010. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Upload%5C%5CAGORequest%5C%5CAdoptedRules02010-00223.RTF.

The Department of Natural Resources amended 2 Colo. Code Regs. ch. 410, §1, which pertains to groundwater regulations. New rules take effect June 30, 2010. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Upload%5C%5CAGORequest%5C%5CAdoptedRules02009-00799.DOC.

The Department of Natural Resources seeks public comment on proposed changes to 2 Colo. Code Regs. ch. 406, §§1-3, 5-6, 9, and 14, which pertain to game regulations under the domain of the Division of Wildlife. The hearing will be on July 8, 2010. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/DisplayHearingDetails.do?trackingNumber=2010-00378.

The Board of Environmental Quality adopted a revision to Idaho Admin. Code r. 58.01.20, Rules for Administration of Drinking Water Loan Program. The change allows the Department of Environmental Quality to collect a fee in the form of a percentage of each loan, as is designed to substitute State General Fund monies to support infrastructure programs. The revision is pending review by the Idaho state legislature. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/10bul/10jun.pdf p. 65.

The Department of Natural Resources adopted amendments to Ill. Admin. Code tit. 17, ch. I, pt. 750, regarding who may lawfully possess a deer killed by a motor vehicle. Among many changes to the criteria for ownership of a dead deer, no one who is delinquent in child support may now possess or transport a carcass.

The Air Pollution Control Board seeks public comment on draft rule amendments to 326 Ind. Admin. Code §§1-4-16, 1-4-46, and 1-4-65, which would give some areas of the state attainment status for the eight-hour ozone NAAQS. The deadline for comments is July 2, 2010. http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/20100602-IR-326100342FDA.xml.pdf.