The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing additional solid waste facility requirements. The amendments would clarify and revise provisions concerning equipment installation, access control, design plans, construction prerequisites, operating approval, reporting obligations, waste management, closure procedures, and notifications to the Department. A hearing will be held May 1, 2024. Comments are due May 10, 2024.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing financial assurance. The amendments would remove outdated references, clarify definitions related to financial assurance mechanisms, revise closure cost estimation procedures, clarify requirements for financial assurance plans and updates to a facility’s closure cost estimate, add conditions for the release of financial assurance obligations, and add procedures for accessing funds guaranteed by a permittee’s financial assurance mechanism. A hearing will be held May 1, 2024.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing processing/treatment (P/T) facility requirements. The amendments would, among other things, allow unprocessed recyclable material, whether select or non-select, at P/T facilities; establish capacity limits for select recyclables, non-select recyclables, and liquids; specify storage quantities for residual and bypass waste; and prohibit waste processing by combustion. A hearing will be held May 1, 2024. Comments are due May 10, 2024.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing collection, storage, and transfer facility requirements. The amendments would, among other things, describe exemptions for certain facilities; clarify facility requirements, such as heating and ventilation; and add new provisions to address specific waste management needs, such as infectious waste, needle collection, and drug takeback programs. A hearing will be held May 1, 2024. Comments are due May 10, 2024.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing the Solid Waste Program. The amendments would incorporate new definitions and update existing definitions, including implementation of new and amended definitions from statutory revisions in 2022 and 2023. A hearing will be held April 25, 2024. Comments are due May 3, 2024.
The State Environmental Commission adopted amendments to regulations governing water pollution control. The amendments revise provisions pertaining to water quality standards and limitations on the discharge of waste to protect designated beneficial uses of waters of the state, and add definitions and provisions pertaining to the antidegradation review process. See https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Register/2022Register/R113-22A.pdf.
The Commission on Mineral Resources adopted amendments to regulations governing the drilling and operation of dissolved mineral resource exploration wells and boreholes. The amendments eliminate the requirement that a well driller be present at the site of the drilling at all times when the drill rig is in operation and instead require the well driller to use his or her best efforts to remove the pipe or tubing before plugging the borehole.
The Department of Agriculture adopted amendments to regulations governing cost sharing in the Water Pollution Control Program. The amendments increase the payment amount and remove the per-person funding cap for single projects, excluding animal waste storage or treatment projects, while imposing a total payment cap for such animal waste projects on a farm or farms that a person owns or operates or in which the person has a controlling interest.
The Department of Health and Environment adopted amendments to regulations governing water pollution control. The amendments extend the loan repayment period to 30 years. See https://sos.ks.gov/publications/Register/Volume-43/Issues/Issue-15/04-11-24-52036.html.
The Environmental Protection Agency adopted amendments to its regulations governing the accreditation of environmental laboratories. The amendments incorporate by reference Method 1633,"Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous, Solid, Biosolids, and Tissue Samples by LC-MS/MS,” of EPA’s PFAS Drinking Water Laboratory Methods. See https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/index/register/volume48/register_volume48_14.pdf (pp. 5271-78).