The Department of Environmental Protection has adopted emergency amendments to 314 Mass. Code Regs. 19.00, Oil Spill Prevention and Response. The amendments add provisions for the dispatch of state-provided tugboat escort services for tank vessels carrying 6,000 barrels or more of oil in Buzzards Bay and specify equipment, manning, and response requirements related to the operation of state-provided tugboat escorts. http://www.mass.gov/dep/cleanup/laws/spillact.htm#tugreg.

The State Environmental Commission has adopted amendments to Nev. Admin. Code §486A, revising various provisions relating to alternative fuels in fleets. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/register/2010Register/R022-10I.pdf.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on proposed rescission of Ohio Admin. Code 3745:108. The rules will be rescinded in preparation for future federal rulemaking that will regulate mercury emissions from affected parties. The hearing will be March 12, 2010. Written comments are due March 12, 2010. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/phn/3745_NO_101479_20100202_1247.pdf.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the state implementation plan for the Philadelphia-Wilmington Nonattainment Area. The proposed SIP revision demonstrates how the area will attain the PM2.5 standard by April 5, 2010, by presenting evidence from air quality modeling, emission trends, regional pollutant transport impacts and emission reductions through state and federal control measures. The hearing will be March 11, 2010. Written comments are due by March 12, 2010.

The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Utah Admin. Code r. R307-840, Lead-Based Paint Accreditation, Certification and Work Practice Standards; Rule R307-841, Residential Property and Child-Occupied Facility Renovation; Rule R307-842, Lead-Based Paint Activities. The hearing will be February 25, 2010. Written comments are due March 3, 2010. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2010/20100201/33308.htm.

The Air Pollution Control Board will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 9 Va. Admin. Code § 5-50, New and Modified Stationary Sources; 9VAC5-80, Permits for Stationary Source. The primary change being made to the program is to convert from a permit applicability approach for modifications that looks at the net emissions increase due to or directly resultant from the physical or operational changes from all affected units to an approach that only looks at emissions increases from new and modified emissions units. The hearing will be April 14, 2010. Comments are due May 3, 2010.

The Waste Management Board has adopted amendments to 9 Va. Admin. Code § 20-60, Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations; 9VAC20-80, Solid Waste Management Regulations; 9VAC20-85, Coal Combustion Byproduct Regulations; 9VAC20-101, Vegetative Waste Management and Yard Waste Composting Regulations; 9VAC20-170, Transportation of Solid and Medical Wastes on State Waters. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol26/iss11/v26i11.htm#f9v2060.

The Water Control Board has adopted amendments to 9 Va. Admin. Code § 25-31, Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) Permit Regulation. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol26/iss11/v26i11.htm#f9v2531.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to W. Va. Code R. § 45-8, Ambient Air Quality Standards; 45CSR14, Permits for Construction and Major Modification of Major Stationary Sources of Air Pollution for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration; W. Va. Code R. § 45-16, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; W. Va. Code R. § 45-19, Permits for Construction and Major Modification of Major Stationary Sources of Air Pollution Which Cause or Contribute to Nonattainment; W. Va. Code R.

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to W. Va. Code R. § 33-1, Solid Waste Management Rule. The hearing will be July 14, 2010. The comment period will end at the conclusion of the hearing. http://www.dep.wv.gov/pio/Pages/Rules.aspx.