The Public Utilities Commission proposed amendments to regulations governing the implementation of a renewable energy standard. The amendments would reflect statutory changes enacted in June 2022 by changing the annual percentages of renewable energy required to achieve a 100% renewable energy standard by 2033. A hearing will be held April 11, 2024. Comments are due April 24, 2024. See https://rules.sos.ri.gov/Promulgations/part/810-40-05-2.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed amendments to regulations governing primary drinking water standards. The amendments would improve the readability and grammar of the rules. A hearing will be held April 26, 2024. Comments are due the same date. See https://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/hearings/hearingsSearch/results/846307/348676.
The Public Service Commission proposed amendments to regulations governing natural gas and oil pipeline rules and regulations. The amendments would update, modernize, correct errors, and reorganize the regulations. A hearing will be held April 30, 2024. See https://rules.nebraska.gov/docket.
The Department of Environment proposed to adopt a new regulation and amend existing regulations governing drinking water quality. The adoption and amendments would clarify and formalize procedures regarding Tier 1 public notices for water systems, particularly addressing outages, flooded wells, and flooded springs, and clarify the procedures, such as boil water advisories and water quality sampling, required during such incidents. Comments are due April 22, 2024.
The Efficiency Maine Trust adopted amendments to rules governing the electric efficiency and conservation programs. The amendments, among other things, reflect updates to the Efficiency Maine Trust Act pertaining to activities to advance the policy of beneficial electrification and the inclusion of certain cost-effective beneficial electrification measures in the determination of maximum achievable cost-effective resources.
The Department of Environmental Protection proposed amendments to regulations governing air emission licenses. The amendments would align Chapter 140 with recent changes to Part 70 of the CAA. A hearing will be held April 18, 2024. Comments are due April 29, 2024. See https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/notices/2024/032724.html.
The Public Service Commission adopted amendments to regulations governing the Commission’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS).
The Department of Public Health and Environment adopted amendments to water and wastewater facility operator certification requirements. The amendments, among other things, remove specific category types of graywater treatment facilities to align with a 2,000 gallon-per-day threshold for state review and ensure certified operator requirements for larger graywater systems.
The Department of Public Health and Environment adopted new emission reduction requirements for lawn and garden equipment. The requirements limit the use of certain gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment statewide and specifically in the Denver Metro/North Front Range ozone nonattainment area during June through August.
The Department of Public Health and Environment adopted amendments to regulations governing open burning, prescribed fire, and permitting. The amendments clarify that open burning permits may be issued for materials outside of natural materials as needed on a case-by-case basis.