The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to ARM 17.40.318 and the adoption of a new rule pertaining to state revolving fund and public water and sewer projects eligible for categorical exclusion from review. The amendments would restrict the current exclusion to "minor" ancillary facilities and would expand the current exclusion to include rehabilitation projects that are not "minor." A new provision would prohibit use of the exclusion for upgrades or extensions that are primarily for the purposes of future development. The amendments would also no longer limit the exclusion to communities of less than 10,000 persons. The hearing will be February 24, 2009. http://sos.mt.gov/arm/Register/archives/MAR2009/MAR09-02.pdf pp. 55-60.