The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing to adopt Conn. Agencies Regs. §§22a-630(d)-1 and 22a-638-1, concerning the recycling of electronic wastes. The proposed regulations establish a program to facilitate the collection, transportation, reuse, and recycling of televisions, computers, monitors, and printers generated by households in the state. The hearing will be October 26, 2009. http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2586&Q=447414.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a rule development workshop on Fla. Admin. Code Ann. r. 62-302.400, Classification of Surface Waters, Usage, Reclassification, Classified Waters. The rule development will address the need to reclassify portions of the Alafia River watershed and the Tampa Bypass Canal and Harney Canal from Class III waters to Class I waters. The workshop will be held October 6, 2009. https://www.flrules.org/Faw/FAWDocuments/FAWVOLUMEFOLDERS2009/3537/3537doc.pdf pp.

The Department of Environmental Protection has initiated rule development on proposed amendments to Fla. Admin. Code Ann. r 62-550.800, Control of Lead and Copper; and 62-555.900, Forms and Instructions. The rules strengthen the implementation of the Lead and Copper Rule for monitoring, treatment processes, public education, customer awareness, and lead service line replacement. https://www.flrules.org/Faw/FAWDocuments/FAWVOLUMEFOLDERS2009/3537/3537doc.pdf pp. 4489-490.

The Department of Environmental Protection has initiated rule development on proposed amendments to Fla. Admin. Code Ann. r 62-709.300, General Provisions; 62-709.320, Yard Trash Processing Facilities; 62-709.500, Design Criteria; 62-709.510, Operation Criteria; 62-709.530, Testing, Recording and Reporting Requirements; 62-709.550, Classification of Compost; 62-709.600, Criteria for the Use of Compost. The proposed rule amendments address the processing of yard trash and create new simplified requirements for composting of certain types of solid waste.

The Air Pollution Control Board will hold a public hearing on amendments to 326 Ind. Admin. Code 8-1-3 and 8-4, concerning stage I vapor recovery measures for gasoline dispensing facilities in Indiana. The hearing will be November 4, 2009. http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/irtoc.htm?view=list&lsadocnum=07-353.

The Natural Resources Commission adopted amendments to 312 Ind. Admin. Code 9-6-1, 9-6-2, 9-7-16, 9-7-19, and 9-8-6, governing the taking of fish from public waters.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a series of public hearings on proposed amendments to 310 Mass Code Regs. 4.00, Timely Action Schedule and Fee Provisions. The proposed amendments would create a general permit for categories of discharges that warrant similar control measures, provide for the administrative renewal of certain individual permits, establish a new permit category for reclaimed water systems, change the thresholds for large and medium groundwater discharge annual fees, and otherwise amend groundwater discharge fee categories.

The State Environmental Commission adopted amendments to Nev. Admin. Code §445A, Provisions Governing Public Water Systems. The amendments adopt various new rules relating to testing of water systems. The new rules also provide for the transfer of authority for certain functions relating to public water systems from the Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Division of Environmental Protection and add presumptions for the efficacy of treatment of water by diatomaceous earth filtration and slow sand filtration.

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) adopted amendments to N.M. Code R. §20.2.89, Qualified Generating Facility Certification. The amendments add language that would allow the NMED to evaluate solar photovoltaic and geothermal energy projects to determine whether they meet the requirements of a qualified energy facility in order to qualify for certain tax credits. The NMED would then issue a certification for projects that qualify and deny certifications to projects that do not.

The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to N.M. Code R. §20.7.3.7, 20.7.3.401, 20.3.1.402, and 20.3.1.904, Liquid Waste Disposal Rules. The amendments would remove the certification requirements for on-site liquid waste system installers, other than the requirement that installers hold a valid and appropriate classification of contractors license from the New Mexico Construction Industries Division.