ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    October 20, 1988
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    )
    PROCEDURAL RULES REVISION,
    )
    35 ILL. ADM. CODE 101,
    )
    R88-5
    102, 106, and 107
    )
    INTERIM ORDER OF THE BOARD (By 3. Theodore Meyer):
    This matter is before the Board on its own motion. Because
    of the public interest in this procedural rules revision, coupled
    with the tight time frames for action, the Board feels that it
    would be useful to set forth a tentative schedule for further
    Board action on this docket.
    The last merit hearing in this matter will be held tomorrow,
    October 21, 1988, in Chicago. The first notice comment period
    closes on Monday, November 7, 1988. The Board anticipates taking
    action on a second notice opinion and order at its November 17,
    1988 meeting. This document will respond to comments received at
    the two hearings and in written form during the first notice
    period, and will articulate the Board’s positions on the issues
    raised during first notice. The second notice opinion and order
    will be held from submission to the Joint Committee on
    Administrative Rules (JCAR) in order to allow interested persons
    to comment on the opinion and order. All comments must be
    received at the Board’s Chicago office by 4:30 p.m. on Monday,
    December 5, 1988. The Board realizes that the Thanksgiving
    holiday falls in this comment period, thus shortening the time to
    comment. However, given the short time periods for adoption of
    these rules, the December 5, 1988 deadline will be strictly
    enforced. After consideration of comments received during this
    period, the Board anticipates adopting a second notice opinion
    and order on or before December 15, 1988. The second notice will
    then be submitted to JCAR. The Board will move to final adoption
    of the rules approximately January 30, after expiration of the
    45—day second notice period, unless earlier adoption is possible
    as a result of early JCAR action.
    In sum, the Board foresees the following schedule:
    October 21
    Final merit hearing
    November 7
    Close of first notice comment
    period
    November 17
    Board adoption of a “tentative”
    second notice opinion and order
    (not submitted to JC~R)
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    December 5
    Comments on the November 17
    opinion and order due in Board’s
    Chicago office at 4:30 p.m.
    December 15
    Board adoption of “final” second
    (on or before)
    notice opinion and order, with
    immediate submission of second
    notice to JCAR
    January 30
    Board adoption of final rules
    (approximately)
    By setting forth this projected schedule, the Board believes that
    all interested persons may anticipate when deadlines for action
    will fall, and be able to plan accordingly.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above Interim Order was adopted on
    the
    ‘o~_
    day of
    ________________,
    1988, by a vote of 7—ô
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    Dorothy M.,4unn, Clerk
    Illinois ~4llution Control Board
    93—268

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