ILLINOIS

PO~3~,tlT~ONICONTROl

ROARD

June

12,

1980

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P78—14

RULE

204(c)(1)(A)

OF

ChAPTER

2

ORDER

OF THE BOARD

(by

I.

Goodman):

The

Agency’s

May

27,

198() Motion to Keep Records

Open

until December

1,

1980

is denied.

Section

9.2 of the

Illinois Environmental Protection Act

(Act) mandates that

the Agency shall

by July

1,

1980 propose any appropriate

amendments

to sulfur dioxide emission regulations applicable

to existing,

fuel combustion, stationary sources

located

within the major metropolitan areas of Chicago,

St. Louis

(Illinois), and Peoria.

Such statute clearly contemplates

that the Tllinois Institute of Natural Resources commission

an

econon~c

impact

study Separate

from

the

one

concerning

the

~n~tz~mnt~

proceedi

nqs

.

The

Lecli slafiure

s

intent

would

not

be

served

by

consul

ida t

i

nq

the

new

§9

.

2

proceed

i nqs

wi

t~h the

Lns tan

t. ones

.

There

~

,

there

h)re

,

no compel ii

nq

reason

to

tee1) the instant

records

open.

Furthermore,

the Agency represents that the amendments

it may propose are based on modeling currently being

undertaken and “likely to be completed in time

...

to present

regulatory proposals before December

1,

1980.”

The Board

finds

that:

to

grant

the Agency’s motion would, at least

indirectly,

recognize noncompliance with §9.2 of the

Act.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Mr. Werner abstains.

I, Christan L.

Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, hereby certif

that the above Order was

ado~,tedonthe

~

day ~

1980 by a vote

Christan L. Moff~~’Clerk

Illinois Po1lutjo~’Control Board