ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

March

15,

1979

IN THE MATTER OF:

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PROPOSED PROCEDURAL RULES

REVISIONS

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Goodman):

On February 28, 1979 the Attorney General

of the State

of Illinois submitted proposed Procedural Rule revisions

concerning Parts

I,

II,

III,

IV, and VI

of the Pollution

Control Board’s Procedural Rules,

Rules 104(b),

203,

209,

304(a),

305(b),

310(b),

410(a),

601(a) and 604(b).

In

essence the proposed revisions

call for seven copies of

documents

filed before the Board in various matters

in lieu

of the currently required ten copies.

The Board finds that

this situation was given extensive consideration during the

Board’s

last general revision of

its rules.

At that time it

was found that, although technically only seven copies are

required by the Board

(one to each of five Board members,

one to the Hearing Officer, and one for the Clerk’s

file),

in actual practice all ten copies are consumed due to the

fact that the Board serves copies upon the Agency and the

Attorney General

as a matter of courtesy

in some situations

and must replace misplaced or lost copies,

particularly with

respect the to downstate Board members when they attend the

Board’s meetings.

Evaluation of the situation indicates that nothing has

changed at this time to cause the Board to reconsider the

noted rules.

Although the Board appreciates the Attorney

General’s attempt to curtail excessive paperwork,

we find

that in this case must dismiss the proposed rules revisions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk

of the Illinois Pollution

Contrg~Board, hereby c rtify the above Order was adopted on

the

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day of

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1979 by

a vote of

_______

Christan L. Moffe 1~ lerk

Illinois Pollution C ntrol Board

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