ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    December
    3,
    1987
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    AMENDMENTS TO 35
    ILL. ADM. CODE
    )
    R86—1O
    211
    & 215 ORGANIC MATERIAL EMISSION
    )
    STANDARDS ~ND LIMITATIONS FOR
    SYNTHESIZED PHARMACEUTICAL
    )
    MANUFACTURING PLANTS.
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.D. Dumelle):
    This matter
    arises on the Board’s own motion
    in regard to
    the expiration of the comment period
    in Board proceeding R86—
    10:
    Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations
    for
    Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plants.
    The Board has been advised
    by the Hearing Officer that the Illinois Environmental Protection
    Agency (Agency) may include certain
    revisions to its fifth
    amended proposal
    in its final
    comments.
    Abbott Laboratories, one
    of
    the participants, orally requested
    the Hearing Officer
    to
    grant an extension of the comment period to allow Abbott
    to
    respond
    to the Agency suggested revisions.
    The Hearing Officer
    orally denied Abbott’s request,
    then upon reconsideration
    referred the matter
    to the Board.
    Due
    to the exigencies of time and
    the potential impact of
    new information submitted at the close of the comment period,
    the
    Board would prefer
    to allow the participants an opportunity for
    response limited
    to tne effect of the new information on the
    existing record.
    The Board believes that this approach not only
    protects the public’s right to comment but also promotes
    a more
    complete record,
    which
    is the foundation
    for a well—considered
    decision.
    Therefore,
    the Board will allow the participants
    to
    respond
    to new information,
    i.e. information not previously
    submitted into the record,
    for the limited purpose of responding
    only to the new information.
    With respect
    to the facts presented
    in this proceeding,
    if
    indeed
    the Agency comments include revisions to its
    fifth amended
    proposal, then Abbott shall
    be granted until December
    11,
    1987
    to
    file
    a response
    to those revisions.
    Likewise,
    if Abbott’s
    comments include new information, then the Agency shall
    be
    granted until December
    11, 1987,
    to file
    a response to that new
    information.
    The Board cautions, however, that only direct
    response to new information will be accepted
    for inclusion into
    the record.
    No new information outside the scope of this Order
    will
    be admitted into the record during
    the “response period”
    under any circumstance.
    84—87
    —2—
    In furtherance of the above—noted directive, participants
    shall include as part of the response an affidavit, signed by the
    attorney of record
    for the submitting participant,
    that the
    response
    is made pursuant to new information and that only
    responsive
    information,
    and no new information outside the scope
    of this Order,
    is being submitted.
    Finally,
    to insure adequate time for preparation of
    response,
    each participant shall submit
    its response to the Board
    and
    to all other participants of
    record via overnite mail.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that ~he above Order was adopted on
    the
    ~‘~-~(
    day of ,~-~_W.~-’
    ,
    1987 by
    a vote
    of
    -0
    .
    Dorothy M.1Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    84—88

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