ILLINOIS

POLLUTION

CONTROL

BOARD

January

21,

1993

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

)

EXEMPTIONS FROM

THE

DEFINITION

)

R93-3

OF

VOM

UPDATE,

USEPA

)

(Identical

in

Substance

Rtiles)

REGULATIONS

(JULY

1

THROUGH

)

DECEMBER 31, 1992)

)

Pronosed rule.

Dismissal order.

ORDER

OP THE BOARD

(by

J.

And.reon):

Section 9

•

1(e) of

the

Environmental

Protection

Act

(Act)

requires

the

Board

to

adopt

exemptions

frc.

the

definition

of

volatil,

organic

material

(VOlt)

which

are

~idsntica1

in

substance’

with

USEPA

exemptions

(originally,

adopted

pursuant to

its ‘Recommended Policy on the Control of Volatile

Organic

Compoünds’,

and now codified as 40 dR

51.100(5)3.

Accordingly,

the

Board

reserved this docket for

USEPA amendments

during

the

period

from July 1

through

December

31,

1992.

USEPA

did

not

amend

its

codified

policy,

the

40 dR

51.100(s)

definition

of

‘volatile

organic

compound’,

during

this

update

period.

For

the

foregoing

reason,

the

Board

hereby

dismisses

this

proceeding.

IT

IS

SO

ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy

K.

Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board,

hereby

certify

that

e

above

order

was adopted on the

of

-

day of

~,,

1993, by

a

vote

~7I~ZZ

1/~.

Dorothy

K.

9(~n,

Cleik

Illinois Po~i~Lution

Control

Board

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