ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

October

5,

1982

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS,

)

R82-14

RULE 205:

EMISSIONS OF

)

VOLATILE ORGANIC MATERIAL

)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by I. Goodman):

On September 20,

1982 the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce

and the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association moved to stay further

hearings

in this rulemaking.

At the September 21,

1982 public

hearing the Board’s hearing officer denied said Motion and agreed

to refer

it to the Board.

On September 30,

1982 Granite City Steel filed comments

in

support of the Motion to Stay.

On October

1,

1982 Chicago Lung

Association

on behalf of Citizens for a Better Environment,

Illinois League of Women Voters,

American Association of Uriiver—

sity Women—Illinois State Division and Mc Henry County Defenders

filed

a Memorandum in Opposition to the Motion to

Stay.

On

October

4, 1982 the Agency responded in opposition to the Motion

to Stay.

This rulemaking was initiated by the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency (Agency).

At this time,

the Agency has only

partially presented its proposal and the public participants

have only minimally commented on its merits or lack thereof.

To

assure that the Agency,

as the proponent, has sufficient oppor-

tunity

to substantiate the rules as proposed and any interested

participants ample opportunity to publicly offer input as

to

appropriate

rules, the merit hearings shall continue.

The

motion is denied.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

Board Member Werner concurred.

I,

Christan L. Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Contr~olBoard, hereby..ce~tifythat the above Order was adop~don

the -J-~~”\day

of

___________________,

1982 bya vote of’~S.

Christan

L. Moffett/,/9lerk

Illinois Pol1utionc~th?rolBoard

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