ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    July
    24,
    1975
    IN THE MATTER OF
    BEVERAGE CONTAIN~RREGULATIONS
    )
    R 7l-~24
    INTERIM OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr. Dumelle):
    On November ~5,
    1971 the Institute for Environmental
    Quality transmitted to the Board the recommendations
    of the
    Illinois Solid W~steManagement Task Force on beverage
    containers,
    DocuriLent #TF-l 4EQ,
    together with a suggested form
    of regulation requiring a mandatory deposit on the sale of
    beverages
    in containers
    as defined in the proposed regulation.
    Eleven days of hearings were held to consider this proposal
    --
    from December,
    1972
    to February,
    1973.
    Two additional days
    of hearings were held
    in December,
    1974 for the purpose
    of
    receiving testimony on Oregon’s experience with a mandatory
    deposit law.
    The Board is of the opinion that much of the
    data elicited in these proceedings should be up—dated.
    Much
    has happened to the economy in the last few years especially
    in the area of employment,
    inflation and energy pricing
    --
    which
    dictates
    in
    favor, of such a course.
    Accordingly, we remand this proceeding
    for an up-dating
    of the economic iinp-~ctof the proposed regulation.
    The
    Institute shall prepare and publish within six months a
    study which evaluates the environmental costs and benefits
    of the proposed reg~Lation.
    Such study should include
    information concerning
    the effects of the regulation on the
    people and on the agriculture,
    local government,
    commerce
    and industry of Illinois.
    The Board
    is particularly
    interested
    in the consequences with regard to employment,
    consumer
    prices,
    and energy costs.
    It is also interested
    in the
    latest data available with respect to the experience
    in
    Oregon and Vermonb, and the results of relevant studies in
    other states considering similar legislation or regulation.
    An analysis of the current economic feasibility of resource
    recovery facilities
    is also desirable.
    Such up—dated information
    as is presented in this study,
    together with evidence elicited
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    at hearings held in response to the study, will better
    enable the Board to reach a final determination of the
    merits of the proposed regulation on the basis of the best
    and latest evidence available.
    A Motion reques~:ingoral argument in this proceeding,
    filed June
    10, 1975 hy the Glass Container Manufacturers
    Institute, Can Manufacturers Institute, United States Brewers
    Association and the Illinois Soft Drink
    Association,
    will be
    held in abeyance until after receipt of the Institute study
    and any hearings held thereafter.
    Any oral argument had
    before that time would be premature.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Mr. Zeitlin abstain-;.
    I, Christan L.
    Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certif~,ythe
    above
    Interim Opinion and Order
    were
    adopted on the ~4”__day
    of July,
    1975 by a vote of
    ‘i-a
    Illinois Pollution
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