Omnibus
| Omnibus Rulemaking: Docket No. 58-0000-1900 - Pending Rule
Rulemaking initiated to adopt and re-publish existing and previously approved and codified rule chapters under IDAPA 58 rules of the Department of Environmental Quality. | Pending rule adopted by Board on October 7, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Omnibus Rulemaking: Docket No. 58-0000-1900F - Pending Fee Rule
Rulemaking initiated to adopt and re-publish existing and previously approved and codified fee rule chapters under IDAPA 58 rules of the Department of Environmental Quality. | Pending rule adopted by Board on October 7, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Air Quality
IDAPA 58.01.01 | Air Quality: Docket No. 58-0101-1905 Pending Rule
Rulemaking initiated to update federal regulations incorporated by reference. | Pending rule adopted by Board on November 14, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Air Quality: Docket No. 58-0101-1904 - Pending Fee Rule
Rulemaking initiated to adopt and re-publish existing and previously approved and codified fee rule chapters under IDAPA 58 rules of the Department of Environmental Quality. | Pending rule adopted by Board on November 14, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Air Quality: Docket No. 58-0101-1903 - Pending Rule
Rulemaking initiated in response to Executive Order No. 2019-02, Red Tape Reduction Act, issued by Governor Little on January 21, 2019. | Pending rule adopted by Board on November 14, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Air Quality: Docket No. 58-0101-1902 - Negotiated Rulemaking
Rulemaking initiated to revise the fee structure of a Clean Air Act mandated air permitting program. | Next negotiated rulemaking meeting date to be determined. |
Air Quality: Docket No. 58-0101-1901 - Negotiated Rulemaking
Rulemaking initiated to update the rules applicable to prescribed burning to ensure that smoke from this type of burning is properly managed and public health is protected. | Negotiated rulemaking meeting February 11, 2020. |
Water Quality
IDAPA 58.01.02 | Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1901 - Pending Rule
Rulemaking initiated to revise Subsection 287.03 for consistency with recent EPA review and action regarding site-specific selenium criterion effective for Clean Water Act purposes. | Pending rule adopted by Board on November 14, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1803 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated to allow de minimis additions of heat in waters that exceed applicable temperature criteria. | Final rule package submitted to EPA for approval April 15, 2019. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1802 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated for revision of recreational use and criteria and adoption of aquatic life criteria for three toxics | Pending rule approved by the Idaho Legislature. Final and effective April 11, 2019. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1801 - Negotiated Rulemaking
Rulemaking initiated to update Idaho’s human health criteria for arsenic. | Negotiated rulemaking meeting April 15, 2020. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1703 — Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated to designate domestic water supply as a beneficial use in water bodies where the Safe Drinking Water Information System indicates an active surface water intake and where domestic water supply is not currently designated. | EPA approved final rule package on September 16, 2019. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1701 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated to update selenium criteria for aquatic life. | Final rule package submitted to EPA. Approved, with exceptions, on July 9, 2019. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1502 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated to update DEQ’s existing hardness dependent criteria by using EPA’s 2007 304(a) copper criteria. This update is a Reasonable and Prudent Alternative identified in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) biological opinion (BiOp) on Idaho’s criteria for toxic substances to support aquatic life. | EPA approved final rule package on May 2, 2019. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1501 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated to add language to the Idaho Water Quality Standards that is consistent with the federal regulations for designating and revising uses assigned to waterbodies, providing basis for guidance on the use designation/revision process. | EPA approved final rule package on August 23, 2018. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1401 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated to update DEQ’s Mixing Zone Policy in the Water Quality Standards. | Final rule effective April 11, 2015. Final rule package submitted to EPA for approval October 26, 2016. Final Idaho Mixing Zone Implementation Guidance posted on December 22, 2016. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1301 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated in response to EPA disapproval of the water quality standards provision that exempts, from Tier II antidegradation review, those activities or discharges determined to be insignificant (de minimus exemption). | Final rule effective April 11, 2015. Rule package approved by EPA September 26, 2014. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1201 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated to evaluate local and regional fish consumption information and to update Idaho’s human health criteria. | Final Rule Package Submitted to EPA - Approved on April 4, 2019 |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1103 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated to make the language on implementation of antidegradation procedures in Idaho’s water quality standards consistent with changes in state law brought about by the 2011 Legislature’s passage of House Bill 153. | Final rule effective March 29, 2012. Rule package approved by EPA September 26, 2014. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1102 - Final Rule
Rulemaking initiated to modify the existing site specific temperature criterion for the Snake River to protect fall spawning of Chinook salmon from Hell’s Canyon Dam to the Salmon River. | EPA approved final rule package on November 21, 2019. |
Water Quality: Docket No 58-0102-1101 - Final Rule
Rulemaking to revise two sections addressing temperature: 1) the thermal treatment requirements which limit the rise in water temperature due to wastewater treatment plants, and 2) site-specific criteria for water temperature to protect salmonid spawning. | Final rule effective March 29, 2012. Rule package submitted to EPA August 07, 2012. |
Water Quality: Docket No. 58-0102-1001 - Final Rule
Antidegradation implementation procedures. | Final rule effective March 18, 2011. Rule package submitted and approved by EPA. EPA disapproval of insignificant activity or discharge exemption. As a result of this disapproval, DEQ initiated negotiated rulemaking docket 58-0102-1301 in August 2013. |
Individual/Subsurface Sewage Disposal
IDAPA 58.01.03 | Individual/Subsurface Sewage Disposal: Docket No. 58-0103-1902 - Pending Rule
Rulemaking initiated to adopt and re-publish existing and previously approved and codified rule chapters under IDAPA 58 rules of the Department of Environmental Quality. | Pending rule adopted by Board on November 14, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Individual/Subsurface Sewage Disposal: Docket No. 58-0103-1901 - Negotiated Rule
Rulemaking initiated in response to challenges made in enforcing and updating portions of the Technical Guidance Manual for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems (TGM). This rule change will add a section to the rules to facilitate permitting, design, and construction activities for individual/subsurface sewage disposal systems in the state of Idaho by adding portions of the TGM into the rules. | Negotiated rulemaking meeting April 2, 2020. |
Wastewater Facility Grants
IDAPA 58.01.04 | Wastewater Facility Grants: Docket No. 58-0104-1901 Proposed Rule
Rulemaking initiated in response to Executive Order No. 2019-02, Red Tape Reduction Act, issued by Governor Little on January 21, 2019. | Proposed rule open for public comment November 6 through December 4, 2019. |
Hazardous Waste
IDAPA 58.01.05 | Hazardous Waste: Docket No. 58-0105-1901 Pending Rule
Rulemaking initiated to update federal regulations incorporated by reference. | Pending rule adopted by Board on November 14, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Solid Waste Management
IDAPA 58.01.06 | Solid Waste: Docket No. 58-0106-1901 Proposed Rule
Rulemaking initiated in response to Executive Order No. 2019-02, Red Tape Reduction Act, issued by Governor Little on January 21, 2019. | Proposed rule open for public comment November 6 through December 4, 2019. |
Underground Storage Tank Systems
IDAPA 58.01.07 | No posted activity at this time. | |
Public Drinking Water Systems
IDAPA 58.01.08 | No posted activity at this time. | |
Swine Facilities
IDAPA 58.01.09 | Swine Facilities: Docket No. 58-0109-1901 - Pending Fee Rule
Rulemaking initiated to adopt and re-publish existing and previously approved and codified fee rule chapters under IDAPA 58 rules of the Department of Environmental Quality. | Pending rule adopted by Board on November 14, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Disposal of Radioactive Materials Not Regulated Under the Atomic Energy Act
IDAPA 58.01.10 | No posted activity at this time. | |
Gound Water
IDAPA 58.01.11 | Ground Water: Docket No. 58-0111-1901 - Pending Fee Rule
Rulemaking initiated to adopt and re-publish existing and previously approved and codified fee rule chapters under IDAPA 58 rules of the Department of Environmental Quality. | Pending rule adopted by Board on November 14, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Water Pollution Control Loans
IDAPA 58.01.12 | Water Pollution Control Loans: Docket No. 58-0112-1901 - Proposed Rule
Rulemaking initiated in response to Executive Order No. 2019-02, Red Tape Reduction Act, issued by Governor Little on January 21, 2019. | Proposed rule open for public comment November 6 through December 4, 2019. |
Ore Processing by Cyanidation
IDAPA 58.01.13 | Ore Processing by Cyanidation: Docket No. 58-0113-1901 - Negotiated Rulemaking
Rulemaking initiated in response to Idaho Mining Association’s request for rulemaking. | Negotiated rulemaking meeting December 10, 2019. |
Fees for Environmental Operating Permits, Licenses, and Inspection Services
IDAPA 58.01.14 | No posted activity at this time. | |
Cleaning of Septic Tanks
IDAPA 58.01.15 | Cleaning of Septic Tanks: Docket No. 58-0115-1901 - Temporary Rule
Rulemaking initiated to adopt and re-publish existing and previously approved and codified rule chapters under IDAPA 58 rules of the Department of Environmental Quality. | Temporary rule adopted by the Board on May 16, 2019. Effective June 30, 2019. IDAPA 58.01.15 is proposed to be combined with IDAPA 58.01.03. See proposed rule docket 58-0103-1902. |
Wastewater
IDAPA 58.01.16 | No posted activity at this time. | |
Recycled Water Rules
IDAPA 58.01.17 | Recycled Water: Docket No. 58-0117-1901 - Pending Rule
Rulemaking initiated to adopt and re-publish existing and previously approved and codified rule chapters under IDAPA 58 rules of the Department of Environmental Quality. | Pending rule adopted by Board on November 14, 2019. Final and effective upon adjournment of 2020 legislative session if approved by the Idaho Legislature. |
Idaho Land Remediation
IDAPA 58.01.18 | No posted activity at this time. | |
Small Communities Improvement Program
IDAPA 58.01.19 | This rule chapter expired on July 1, 2019. | |
Drinking Water Loan Program
IDAPA 58.01.20 | Drinking Water Loan Program: Docket No. 58-0120-1901 Proposed Rule
Rulemaking initiated in response to Executive Order No. 2019-02, Red Tape Reduction Act, issued by Governor Little on January 21, 2019. | Proposed rule open for public comment November 6 through December 4, 2019. |
Protection and Disclosure of Records in the Possession of DEQ
IDAPA 58.01.21 | No posted activity at this time. | |
Drinking Water Facility Planning Grants
IDAPA 58.01.22 | Drinking Water Facility Planning Grants: Docket No. 58-0122-1901 Proposed Rule
Rulemaking initiated in response to Executive Order No. 2019-02, Red Tape Reduction Act, issued by Governor Little on January 21, 2019. | Proposed rule open for public comment November 6 through December 4, 2019. |
Administrative Procedure Before the Board of Environmental Quality
IDAPA 58.01.23 | No posted activity at this time. | |
Standards and Procedures for Application of Risk Based Corrective Action at Petroleum Release Sites
IDAPA 58.01.24 | No posted activity at this time. | |
Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program
IDAPA 58.01.25 | No posted activity at this time. | |
