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DEQ dockets: committee approves federal incorporations for air quality and hazardous waste; holds PFAS drinking-water rule for full presentation
Summary
The Health and Welfare Committee approved two Department of Environmental Quality incorporation-by-reference dockets—air quality (docket 5801012401) and hazardous waste (docket 5801052401)—and held the drinking-water PFAS docket (5801082401) until a follow-up presentation the next day.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved two Department of Environmental Quality rule dockets that incorporate federal regulatory updates into state rules and deferred action on a third docket addressing PFAS in drinking water.
Tiffany Floyd, Air Quality Division administrator at DEQ, told the committee docket 5801012401 would incorporate federal air-quality regulations through July 1, 2024, into Idaho rules to preserve program primacy and avoid duplicative language. Floyd highlighted several federal actions that affect Idaho, including EPA approval of Idaho's removal of a vehicle inspection program for Northern Ada County's carbon-monoxide nonattainment plan and a federal change lowering the annual PM2.5 (particulate matter 2.5) standard from 12 micrograms per cubic meter to 9 (effective May 6, 2024). Floyd…
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