The Energy and Environment Cabinet amended 401 Ky. Admin. Regs. 59:015, new indirect heat exchangers. Among other changes, the amendment gives more specific classifications for indirect heat exchanges. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/401/059/015reg.htm.

The Department of Environmental Quality amended La. Admin. Code tit. 33:III §§111 and 2123, Organic Solvents and Solvent Degreasers. The amendments update and add new emission limitation and control technique efficiency requirements for organic solvent and solvent degreaser volatile organic compound emissions. http://www.doa.la.gov/osr/reg/1009/1009.pdf pp. 2030-35.

The Office of Conservation proposed to amend La. Admin. Code tit. 43:XIX.303, 501, 519 and 545, Pollution Control§Onsite Storage, Treatment and Disposal of Exploration and Production Waste (E&P Waste) Generated from the Drilling and Production of Oil and Gas Wells. The proposed amendment would allow commercial facilities to reclaim material that would otherwise be disposed of as E&P Waste and to use said material solely as media during permitted hydraulic fracture stimulation operations. There will be a public hearing on October 25, 2010.

The Department of Environmental Quality proposed to amend La. Admin. Code tit. 33:IX.2315 to eliminate the exemption from a Louisiana pollutant discharge elimination system permit for applying pesticides in accordance with the FIFRA label. The rule change will become effective April 11, 2011. http://www.doa.la.gov/osr/reg/1009/1009.pdf pp. 2095-96.

The Environmental Quality Board proposed to amend Minn. r. 4410.4300 to clarify how greenhouse gases are to be treated under the air pollution mandatory environmental assessment worksheet category. Currently, the environmental review program rules do not define "air pollutant," and the Board is soliciting comments on whether the threshold of 250 tons per year for other sources permitted under the program is appropriate for greenhouse gas emissions.

The Department of Environmental Services proposed to adopt ENV-A 2300, Mitigation of Regional Haze, to establish emissions standards for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and total suspended particulate matter at certain fossil fuel fired power plants. The new rules would make limits more stringent. There will be a public hearing on October 28, 2010, and the deadline to submit comments is November 8, 2010. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/register/2010/october-1-10.pdf pp. 9-10.

The Department of Environmental Services proposed to adopt the new ENV-A 101.35 & 101.96 to add definitions and regulations concerning the permitting of greenhouse gases, and ENV-A 619.03 to adopt federal PSD regulations and also to establish separate, higher thresholds for greenhouse gases. There will be a public hearing on October 28, 2010, and the deadline to submit comments is November 8, 2010. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/register/2010/october-1-10.pdf pp. 5-8.

The Department of Environmental Protection proposed to amend N.J. Admin. Code §§7:26C-3.2, 3.3, 3.5 and 9.5, Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites; Technical Requirements for Site Remediation Timeframes, Vapor Intrusion and Form Names. The comment period ends December 3, 2010. http://www.lexisnexis.com/njoal/ 42 N.J.R. 2297a.

The Department of Environmental Conservation amended N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 6, §§200, 205, 211, and 241, Asphalt Pavement and Asphalt Based Surface Coating Regulation and Update of VOC Lists. The new limits for asphalt volatile organic compounds take effect January 1, 2011. http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2010/oct6/pdfs/rules.pdf pp. 28-33.

The Department of Environmental Quality proposed to amend Or. Admin. R. Chapter 340, Heat Smart Program for residential woodstoves and other solid fuel burning devices--home sale removal and certification requirements. Rules require homeowners to remove and destroy uncertified woodstoves, and the changes would subject a broader range of stoves to the regulations. There will be public hearings throughout the state of Oregon in October, and the last day for comment is October 29, 2010.