ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April

6,

1989

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

LIMITS TO VOLATILITY OF

)

R88—30

GASOLINE

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J.D.

Dumelle):

This matter comes before

the Board upon an April

4,

1989

filing by the Chicago Lung Association (~ssociation).

The

Association submitted

a proposed rule

to set limits on the

volatility of gasoline,

along

with

a

statement of reasons

to

support

its proposal and

a motion to waive

the signature

requirement of

35

Iii.

Adm.

Code 102.121(a).

The Association’s

motion

is hereby granted.

However, before

the Board can accept the proposal and

proceed

to hearing, the recently added requirements of Section

27

of the Act,

as amended, must

be satisfied.

Specifically,

a

recommendation

of whether an economic study

is advisable must

be

included

as part of the proposal,

and a copy of the proposal must

be filed with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

(Agency) and

the Department of Energy and Natural

Resources

(Department).

The Board also notes that Section

27(a)

requires:

the person filing

a proposal shall

describe,

to the extent reasonably

practicable,

the universe of affected sources

and facilities and

the economic

impact of the

proposed

rule.

Until

these

requirements are satisfied,

the Board cannot proceed

further.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy

M.

Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

he,reby certify

that the a~oyeOrder

was adopted on

the

_______________

day of

~

,

1989 by a vote

of

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o

.

Dorothy M.,//~unn, Clerk

Illinois I~l1utionControl Board

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