Focus On Environmental Quality Council
March 30, 2018
The Cornhusker Hotel
333 S. 13th Street
Lincoln, Nebraska


Agenda

March 30, 2018
10:00 AM CST
001
Roll Call
002
Announcements

003
Minutes of November 15, 2017 Meeting

004
Reports of EQC Members

005
Report of DEQ Director

006
Old Business

007
New Business

008
Next Meeting

009

010

011
Adjournment

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
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PUBLIC MEETING STATE OF NEBRASKA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (NDEQ)
[now the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE)]
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COUNCIL

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stats. §81-1505(17), §84-907, and §84-1411, the Nebraska Environmental Quality Council (EQC) will hold a meeting and public hearings on March 30, 2018 beginning at 10:00 A.M. Central Time (CT) at the Cornhusker Hotel, 333 South 13th St., Lincoln, Nebraska. Preceding the hearings will be business items on the agenda. The hearings are scheduled to begin at 10:00 A.M. CT or as soon thereafter as can reasonably be heard. The purpose of the hearings is to take testimony and evidence about the proposed amendment of NDEQ regulations, as outlined in this notice.

The meeting agenda and a draft copy of the proposals scheduled for hearing are available at the NDEQ’s Lincoln office, 1200 N St., Suite 400, Lincoln, NE and on the NDEQ website at http://dee.ne.gov. The meeting agenda and a draft copy of the proposed regulations scheduled for hearing are also available at the Office of the Secretary of State, Regulations Division, 1201 N St., Suite 120, Lincoln, NE, 68508. The description of the fiscal impact of the proposed regulations on state agencies, political subdivisions, or persons regulated is also available at these locations.

All interested persons may attend and testify orally or by written submission at the public hearing. Any person may provide advance notice of intent to testify by contacting Carla Felix, Hearing Officer, NDEQ, 1200 N St., Suite 400, P.O. Box 98922, Lincoln, NE 68509-8922. Unscheduled testimony will be heard following scheduled testimony. Interested persons may also submit written comments to Carla Felix prior to the hearing, which will be entered into the hearing record if received at the Lincoln office by 5:00 P.M. CT, March 29, 2018.

Please notify the NDEQ at least one week in advance of the EQC meeting if auxiliary aids or reasonable accommodations or alternate formats of materials are needed. Contact phone number is 402-471-2186. TDD users call 800-833-7352 and ask the relay operator to call us at 402-471-2186.

A public hearing will be held on the following:
  1. Title 116 – Code of Ethics. Chapters 1-14 are proposed for repeal to avoid duplication and confusion or conflict with other statutory requirements. The EQC will vote to adopt, amend or not approve the NDEQ proposal after hearing and considering all the testimony and written submissions.
  2. Title 194 – Rules and Regulations for the Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste. Chapters 1-15 are proposed for repeal. These regulations adopted requirements for the licensing of a low-level radioactive waste disposal site pursuant to the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, and are no longer applicable or necessary once Nebraska’s withdrawal from the Compact became effective in 2004. The EQC will vote to adopt, amend or not approve the NDEQ proposal after hearing and considering all the testimony and written submissions.