ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February
    7,
    1991
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    PM
    EMISSION LIMITS FOR THE
    PO~LANDCEMENT 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
    a portland cement manufacturing plant and 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.
    The Agency has certified that this proposal meets the
    definition of “required rule”
    in Section 28.2(a)
    of the Act, anc
    that therefore this rulemaking
    is federally required.
    Section
    28.2 was amended by P.A.
    86-1409, effective January
    1, 1991,
    an
    the Board
    is now required to accept or
    reject an Agency
    certification within 45 days.
    If the Board does not act withir
    45 days,
    the certification shall be deemed granted.
    Section
    28.2(b) of the Act.
    The Board notes
    that this new statute
    conflicts somewhat with the Board’s procedural rules governing
    Agency certifications
    (see 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 102. Subpart F),
    finds
    that the new statutory provisions govern this proceedinc
    The Board hereby accepts the Agency’s certification that this
    proposal
    is federally required, pursuant to Section 28.2 of
    t)
    Act,
    as amended by P.A. 86—1409.
    The Board is also aware tha
    federal deadlines for state action have been
    imposed, and the
    Board reiterates that all efforts will be made to expedite ti-
    rulemaking.
    This matter
    is accepted for hearing.
    This order starts
    timeclock for the Board’s economic impact study
    (EcIS)
    determination deadline and for
    first notice publication purs
    to Sections
    27 and 28.2 of the Act.
    See
    35
    Ill. Mm. Code
    102.160(b).
    The Board will schedule the hearing as expeditiously a
    possible, consistent with the motions granted by the Board
    Order
    of January 24,
    1991.
    The Board notes that the singl?
    affected facility expressed initial agreement with the Agei
    proposed regulations, and, therefore, the Board will allow
    participants to file additional material,
    if necessary, at
    Board’s hearing.
    The hearing will be followed by an apprc
    period in which
    to file comments or briefs.
    The Hearing Officer
    is hereby directed to contact th
    118—409
    participants to coordinate the scheduling of the hearing.
    The
    Board is required to publish notice at
    least
    30 days prior
    to the
    scheduled hearing date.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that~’theabove Order was adopted on
    the
    7~-
    day of
    ___________________
    ,
    1991, by
    a vote
    of
    ~-c
    .
    ~
    ///~~/~~2
    Dorothy M./4unn, Clerk
    Illinois Pôllution Control Board
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