ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April 27,
    1989
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    GROUNDWATER PROTECTION:
    REGULATIONS FOR
    )
    R89-5
    EXISTING AND NEW ACTIVITIES WITHIN
    )
    SETBACK ZONES AND REGULATED RECHARGE
    )
    AREAS
    (35 ILL. ADM. CODE 615 AND 616)
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by R.
    C.
    Flemal):
    Pursuant
    to Section 27(a)
    of the Illinois Environmental
    Protection Act
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1987 ch.
    lll1,’~par. 1027(a) as
    amended by PA.
    85—1048, effective January 1,
    1989)
    the Board
    hereby determines that an economic impact study
    (“EcIS”)
    should
    be conducted
    in the subject matter of this proceeding.
    In so determining,
    the Board has taken
    into consideration
    all of the factors pertinent to this determination
    as specified
    in Section 27(a).
    It has also taken
    into consideration the
    proposal’s two Public Comments submitted on this matter, both of
    which have been filed by the Department of Energy and Natural
    Resources
    (Public Comments
    #1 and #2;
    the latter is accompanied
    by a Motion
    to File Instanter, which
    is hereby granted).
    Section 27(a) of the Act requires the Board
    to make an
    initial determination whether an EcIS should be conducted within
    60 days of acceptance of
    a proposal for hearing.
    In this
    proceeding,
    that determination must be made by May
    22, 1989,
    approximately one week following the first scheduled hearings
    in
    this proceeding.
    It
    is apparent to the Board, even
    in advance of
    hearing, that an EcIS will be helpful
    in this proceeding.
    While
    the Board could delay its determination until
    after
    the initial
    May hearings,
    the Board presently anticipates
    that these hearings
    will largely be devoted
    to the Illinois Environmental Agency’s
    exposition of the proposal,
    and will generate little information
    which would enable the Board
    to “identify specific issues
    to be
    addressed
    in the study”
    as allowed by Section 27(a).
    The Board
    believes that the efficient progress
    of this proceeding
    is best
    served by alerting DENR and other participants early of the
    Board’s desire
    to have
    an EcIS conducted.
    Thereby, DENR can
    begin the EcIS process and other participants can begin
    formulating comments concerning economic issues other than
    whether
    an EcIS
    should be performed.
    As the record
    in
    this proceeding develops,
    the Board may
    determine that “specific issues” have arisen which require
    special economic focus.
    98—487
    —2—
    The Board further notes
    a change
    in caption for
    this docket,
    which had previously been
    In the Matter
    of: Proposed Amendments
    to Title
    35, Subtitle
    F:
    Public Water Supplies, Chapter
    1:
    Pollution Control Board Parts
    615 and 616.
    The Board believes
    that the caption as used on this Order will better instruct
    interested persons regarding the subject matter
    of his
    proceeding,
    and accordingly directs that all future filings
    in
    this docket be
    so captioned.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy
    M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, ~ereby
    certify that th~eabove Order was adopted on
    the
    a(7~
    day of
    __________________,
    1989, by
    a vote
    of
    •7—~,
    .
    ~
    A
    Dorothy
    M. 7G~nn, Clerk
    Illinois Poflution Control Board
    98—488

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