The Department of Environmental Protection readopted with amendments and new rules N.J.A.C. 7:26A, Recycling Rules.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Coastal Zone Management rules. The amendments would include the Bay Island rule (N.J.A.C. 7:7E-3.21) to exclude Bader Field in Atlantic City; the Filled Waters Edge Rule (N.J.A.C. 7:7E-3.23) to allow future development of Bader Field to incorporate a public access walkway to meet the requirements of the rule; and the Atlantic City rule (N.J.A.C. 7:7-3.49) to update the list of the street ends that are protected from development.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 3745-42-01, Definitions; 3745-42-06, General permit to install requirements; 3745-42-08, General isolation distance requirements; 3745-42-09, Requirements for filter sand; and 3745-42-11, Holding tanks. These rules address wastewater permits to install.

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 252:4-9-32, Individual Proceedings. The proposed amendments would provide that any person negatively impacted by a DEQ order must file a petition for a declaratory ruling within 20 days of receipt of the order. The hearing will be February 27, 2009. http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register/Volume-26_Issue-09.htm#a20241.

The Department of Environmental Management will hold a public hearing on proposed new Rule 335-13-11, establishing the regulatory requirements necessary for the implementation of the Solid Waste Fund site remediation program. The hearing will be March 11, 2009. http://www.adem.state.al.us//PublicNotice/Jan09/1div13.htm. for announcement and http://www.adem.state.al.us//PublicNotice/Jan09/pdfs/1div13summary.pdf for text of amendments

The Department of Environmental Quality proposed to repeal R18-7-401, Greenfields Pilot Program. The statutes that authorized this program were repealed on January 1, 2008, and during the 10 years that the program was in effect, no entity entered the program. http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/Register/2009/4/final.pdf pp. 231-32.

The Department of Environmental Quality amended R18-2-608, Mineral Tailings. The amendments clarify that pollution control measures should continue after the construction of mineral tailings piles and for times when tailings piles are inactive. The changes become effective March 7, 2009. http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/Register/2009/4/final.pdf pp. 228-231.

The California Environmental Protection Agency seeks public comment on the proposed listing of Metam Potassium as known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65. Comments are due March 20, 2009. http://www.oal.ca.gov/pdfs/notice/4z-2009.pdf p. 139.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 62-17.510 through 62-17.760, regarding the Florida Electric Transmission Line Siting Act. The hearing will be February 10, 2009. https://www.flrules.org/Faw/FAWDocuments/FAWVOLUMEFOLDERS2009/3503/SECTI.pdf p. 269.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed establishment of TMDLs for the Lower St. Johns River Basin. The hearing will be February 20, 2009. https://www.flrules.org/Faw/FAWDocuments/FAWVOLUMEFOLDERS2009/3503/SECTI.pdf p. 270.