ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January
    24,
    1991
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    PM1~EMISSION LIMITS FOR THE
    )
    PO~LAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING
    )
    R91-6
    PLANT AND ASSOCIATED QUARRY
    )
    (Rulemaking)
    OPERATIONS LOCATED SOUTH OF
    )
    THE ILLINOIS RIVER IN
    )
    LASALLE COUNTY,
    ILLINOIS.
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD by
    (B. Forcade):
    This matter comes before the Board on a regulatory proposal
    filed on January
    10, 1991 by the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Agency
    (“Agency”)
    concerning the
    PM10 emission limits
    for the portland cement manufacturing plant ana associated quarry
    operations located in LaSalle County,
    Illinois.
    The proposed
    regulations are applicable to a single facility owned and
    operated by Lone Star Industries in Oglesby, Illinois who is
    in
    agreement with the Agency’s proposed regulations.
    Because the rule is federally required, the Agency has filed
    several motions in order
    to meet certain federal deadlines.
    The
    Agency states that each state is required to complete final
    promulgation of regulations and submit a PM—10 SIP for federal
    approval for all moderate areas by November 15,
    1991.
    On January
    10,
    1991 the Agency filed a motion for expedited hearings and a
    motion for Board request for preliminary review by the Joint
    Committee on Administrative Rules
    (“JCAR’t). The Agency also filed
    a request for determination that an Economic Impact Study not be
    prepared.
    Without ruling on the sufficiency of the Agency’s petition
    or accepting this matter for hearing at this time, the Board
    wishes to assure the Agency and all other interested persons that
    the Board places a high priority on the quick resolution of this
    proposal and will proceed as quickly as possible.
    The Board
    notes, however,
    that it
    is constrained by requirements imposed by
    several statutes.
    The Board grants the motions insofar as, at
    this time,
    the Board foresees no difficulty
    in expediting the
    hearing process and in making an early submission to JCAR.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    118—207
    I,
    Dorothy M.Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    rder was adopted on
    Boar~~4~~by
    certify ~t
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    _____________________,
    1991, by a vote
    ______
    day of
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    .
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    Dorothy M. ~nn,
    Clerk
    Illinois P~X~lutionControl Board
    118—208

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