The Department of Environmental Protection is proposing changes to 62-304.645, Springs Coast Basin TMDLs. The purpose of the proposed rule is to establish TMDLs, and their allocations, for the Klosterman Bayou Run tidal segment and the Saint Joes Creek freshwater segment. If requested, a hearing will be held April 24, 2008. Comments are due April 18, 2008. https://www.flrules.org/Faw/FAWDocuments/FAWVOLUMEFOLDERS2008/3413/SECTII.pdf pp. 1780-1781.

The Department of Environmental Protection is proposing changes to 62-304.725, Southeast Coast Basin TMDLs. The purpose of the rule is to adopt nutrient TMDLs, and their allocations, for the Pompano Canal. If requested, a hearing will be held April 24, 2008. Comments are due April 18, 2008. https://www.flrules.org/Faw/FAWDocuments/FAWVOLUMEFOLDERS2008/3413/SECTII.pdf pp. 1781-1782.

The Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on proposed amendments to Georgia's Rules for Radioactive Materials, including 391-3-17- .01, 391-3-17-.02, 391-3-17-.03, 391-3-17-.05, and 391-3-17-.06. The hearings will be held April 21 and May 5, 2008. Comments are due May 23, 2008. http://www.gaepd.org/environet/17/notice.pdf.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will hold a public hearing to receive public testimony on a proposed addition to the state Natural Area Reserve System. DLNR is proposing to create the Poamoho Natural Area Reserve within state-owned land that is currently part of the uppermost portion of the §Ewa Forest Reserve. It is located above the 1,800 foot elevation between the Poamoho and Schofield-Waikane trails and bounded by the summit of the Ko§olau Mountains. The hearing will be held April 30, 2008.

The Department of Environmental Quality will conduct a public hearing on a temporary rule and proposed rulemaking. The purpose of this rulemaking is to implement the provisions of HB 557, wherein the 2008 Idaho Legislature approved a program for the open burning of crop residue to be administered by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and repealed the Smoke Management and Crop Residue Disposal Act previously administered by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. Field burning has been prohibited in Idaho since January 2007 as a result of a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will conduct a public hearing on a proposed SIP revision that it intends to submit to EPA. The revision includes the enactment of Idaho Code §39-114 of the Environmental Protection and Health Act pursuant to HB 557. This statute requires DEQ to develop rules that establish a program for the open burning of crop residue. Rule Docket No. 58-0101-0801 contains the rule changes developed as a result of the legislation. The revision also includes an air quality analysis pursuant to §110(l) of CAA. The hearing will be held May 2, 2008.

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a public meeting as part of a negotiated rulemaking to amend 58.01.24, Standards and Procedures for Application of Risk Based Corrective Action at Petroleum Release Sites. This rule will describe standards and procedures for application of risk based corrective action at petroleum release sites. The text of the rule will be developed by DEQ in conjunction with a negotiating committee made up of persons having an interest in the promulgation of these rules. The hearing will be held May 15, 2008.

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) gives notice of the final decision on the Pack River Nutrient TMDL Addendum to the Pend Oreille Lake Nearshore Waters Nutrient SBA & TMDL. The area covered by the Pack River Nutrients TMDL (Hydrologic Unit Code 17010214) addresses 10 assessment units (AUs) not listed as impaired for nutrients on Idaho's 2002 §303(d) list. DEQ completed total phosphorus TMDLs for all AU/pollutant combinations deemed water quality impaired. DEQ has submitted this TMDL document to the U.S. EPA for approval under the CWA.

The Department of Environmental Quality gives notice of public meetings as part of a negotiated rulemaking. The objective of this rulemaking is to modify the recently updated Idaho Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems so that the engineering community can approve simple water main extensions as intended by 2005 SB 1220 and as codified at Section 39-118, Idaho Code. The meetings will be held April 22 and May 6, 2008. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/08apr.pdf pp. 35-36.

The Department of Environmental Quality gives notice of public meetings as part of a negotiated rulemaking. The purpose of this rulemaking is to clarify portions of the Ground Water Quality Rule to promote consistency in application of the rule to mining activities. The meetings will be held April 23, May 7, May 21, and June 4, 2008. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/08apr.pdf pp. 38-39.