ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 11,
    1992
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    )
    STAGE
    II GASOLINE VAPOR RECOVERY
    )
    R91-30
    RULES: AMENDMENTS TO 35 ILL. ADM.
    )
    (Rulemaking)
    CODE PARTS 215,
    218,
    AND
    219.
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by R.
    C.
    Flemal):
    On February
    6,
    1992,
    the Board accepted this proposed
    rulemaking for hearing.
    Section 27 of the Act requires the
    Board, within 60 days of accepting a proposal for hearing, to
    determine whether an economic impact study
    (“EcIS”)
    should be
    conducted.
    That Section further allows a 21 day comment period
    for any person to request the Board to determine that an EcIS •be
    prepared or not prepared.
    The 21 days expired on February 27,
    1992.
    In this proceeding, the Board received written comments from
    the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    (Agency), filed on
    January 22,
    1992 with the proposal, and from the Department of
    Energy and Natural Resou~rces(“Department”), filed on February
    18,
    1992.
    Both commenters request that the Board determine that
    an EcIS not be prepared.
    The Agency and the Department state
    that both agencies worked together to identify affected
    facilities and determine the economic impact of the proposed
    rules.
    The cost information gathered by the agencies was
    submitted with the proposal as Agency Exhibit 6 to the proposal.
    The Agency and the Department believe that preparation of an EcIS
    would duplicate the efforts the Department has already expended.
    After consideration of the above comments and the proposed
    rulemaking, the Board presently believes that the presentation of
    economic information at hearing and in comments in this
    proceeding should be sufficient for the Board’s consideration of
    the economic impact of the proposed rule.
    The Board therefore
    finds that the preparation of an EcIS need not be conducted in
    this matter at this time.
    The Board further notes that Section 27 of the Act also
    provides for the Board to change its determination that an EcIS
    need not be prepared under specific circumstances:
    any time prior to the close of the record during
    the rulemaking proceeding,
    the Board may determine that
    an economic impact study be prepared, if the proposal
    has been substantially modified or if information in
    the record indicates that an economic impact study
    would be advisable.
    131—409
    2
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy N.
    Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certi
    that the above Order was adopted on t~
    !t~~1~
    day of ________________________,
    1992 by a vote of
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    Control Board
    131-410

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