The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Or. Admin. R. 340-252, Transportation Conformity. The amendments would lengthen the interval between conformity demonstrations from three to four years, allow a one-year grace period for areas newly subject to conformity, and simplify requirements for localized "hot-spot" analyses. The hearing will be November 23, 2009. http://www.deq.state.or.us/aq/rules/transportation/announcement.pdf.

The Marine Resources Commission adopted amendments to 4 Va. Admin. Code §20-720, Restrictions on Oyster Harvest. These amendments establish open harvest seasons for oysters in various areas throughout the commonwealth. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol26/iss04/f4v20720.html.

The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board seeks public comment on proposed amendments to 4 Va. Admin. Code §50-60. Virginia Stormwater Management Program Permit Regulations. The amendments establish a statewide base fee schedule for stormwater management projects and establishes the fee assessment and the collection and distribution systems for those fees, change the technical criteria applicable to stormwater discharges from construction activities, and establish minimum criteria for locality-administered stormwater management programs. Comments are due November 25, 2009.

The Department of Ecology proposed adoption of new Wash. Admin. Code §173-441, Reporting of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases. This rule would adopt a mandatory greenhouse gas reporting rule for owners or operators of fleets of on-road motor vehicles that as a fleet emit at least 2,500 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually in the state; or sources or combination of sources that emit at least 10,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually in the state. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/laws-rules/activity/wac173441.html.

The Department of Ecology proposed amendments to Wash. Admin. Code §17350, Accreditation of Environmental Laboratories. The amendments will change the fee schedule of Ecology's Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program and will change some business practices to reflect a cut in the program budget. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/laws-rules/wac17350/0909.html.

The Air Quality Control Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed revisions to the interstate transport element of its SIP, the Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan for Colorado Springs, and the Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan for Greeley. The hearing will be December 17, 2009. http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/op/aqcc/hearingnotices/2009/Interstate%20Transport%20RMH%20Notice%20121709.pdf.

The Air Quality Control Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 5 Colo. Code Regs. §1001-2, Common Provisions Regulation. The amendments would adjust the definitions of "negligibly reactive volatile organic compound" and "volatile organic compound" to make them consistent with the federal definitions. The hearing will be December 17, 2009.

The Department of Public Health and the Environment adopted amendments to 5 Colo. Code Regs. §1002-31, The Basic Standards and Methodologies for Surface Water; and §1002-41, The Basic Standards for Ground Water. The amendments adopt aquatic life-based standards for nonylphenol and 1,4 dioxane. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Upload//AGORequest//AdoptedRules02009-00625.RTF.

The Department of Public Health and the Environment adopted 5 Colo. Code Regs. §1003-1, Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulations. The regulations are intended to assure the safety of public drinking water supplies and to enable the state of Colorado to assume responsibility for enforcing the standards established by the federal SDWA as amended. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Upload//AGORequest//AdoptedRules02009-00290.RTF.

The Department of Public Health and Environment will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 5 Colo. Code Regs. §1002-64, Biosolids Regulation; §1002-93, Water Quality Limited Segment Requiring TMDLs; and §1002-94, Colorado's Monitoring and Evaluation List. The hearing will be February 8, 2009. http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/DisplayHearingDetails.do?trackingNumber=2009-01014.