ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 21, 2002
     
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    )
    EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
    )
    R02-15
    DEFINITION OF VOM UPDATE,
    )
    (Identical-in-Substance
    USEPA AMENDMENTS (July 1, 2001
    )
    Rulemaking - Air)
    through December 31, 2001)
    )
     
    Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.
     
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
     
    Section 9.1(e) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9.1(e) (2000))
    requires the Board to adopt regulations that are “identical in substance,” as defined at Section 7.2
    of the Act (415 ILCS 5/7.2 (2000)), to exemptions from the definition of “volatile organic
    material” (VOM), those compounds that the United States Environmental Protection Agency
    (USEPA) has found to be exempted from regulation under state implementation plans for ozone
    due to negligible photochemical reactivity. USEPA has codified these exemptions as part of its
    definitions at 40 C.F.R. 51.100(s). Accordingly, the Board reserved this docket for USEPA
    amendments during the period between July 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001.
     
    During that time period, USEPA did not amend its definition of VOM. Therefore, no
    action is necessary, and the Board hereby dismisses this docket.
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above order on February 21, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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