ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December
    15,
    1988
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER
    2
    )
    R79—14
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    )
    RULES AND REGULATIONS
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.D. Dumelle):
    The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)
    filed
    the above—entitled proposal with the Pollution Control Board
    (Board) on December
    24, 1979.
    Hearings were held on October
    22,
    23,
    1980, December
    10,
    1980, January 11,
    1982, January 21,
    1983,
    February 7,
    1983,
    and April
    17, 1987.
    On September 30,
    1986 the
    Department
    of Energy and Natural Resources filed
    a negative
    declaration, stating that the preparation of an economic impact
    statement
    (EcIS) was not necessary.
    The Economic and Technical
    Advisory Committee filed
    its concurrence on the finding that an
    EcIS
    is
    not necessary on December
    20, 1986.
    When originally submitted in
    1979,
    the proposed amendments
    to the Air Pollution Rules were intended
    “primarily to clarify
    and streamline present requirements and
    to eliminate
    or modify
    certain requirements
    in order
    to increase efficiency and reduce
    the burden on industry due
    to unnecessary or marginally useful
    requirements.”
    The Agency proposal was to amend the Board
    rules
    as the rules existed at that time.
    However,
    in
    1984,
    codification of the Board Rules was completed.
    As a result, on
    October
    29,
    1985,
    the Agency submitted an amended proposal which
    atfempted
    to harmonize the substance of the proposal with the
    codified version of the rules.
    In addition,
    the Agency
    incorporated amendments necessitated by changes
    in federal
    regulations.
    On January
    8,
    1986,
    the Agency filed a corrected
    version of its amended proposal.
    Since
    that time, nothing new
    has been added
    to the proposal.
    Unfortunately,
    the Board has been unable
    to act on this
    rulemaking until only very recently.
    The Board has reviewed the
    record and has determined
    that this proposal aimed
    at “cleaning—
    up” the Air Pollution Regulations itself need cleaning—up.
    Because the Board has devoted much of its attention
    to adopting
    the numerous RACT and other
    air rulemakings, the state
    of the air
    pollution regulations has changed significantly since
    the filing
    of the most recent proposal
    in this proceeding almost
    three years
    ago.
    Moreover, USEPA has adopted amendments
    to the federal
    regulations which affect the currentness
    of the proposal.
    Thus,
    it has become apparent that
    a thorough review of the proposal
    is
    in order
    which addresses the impact of subsequent events,
    both
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    state and federal.
    The Board
    is aware that the Agency has
    expended great effort
    in reviewing and updating the air pollution
    regulations and
    is
    in the process
    of preparing a new proposal for
    submission.
    Because the Board believes that the new proposal will
    significantly differ
    from the R79—14 proposal, the Board sees no
    reason to retain docket number R79—l4 and will open a new docket
    upon submission of the new proposal.
    The Board will consider
    incorporating from this docket evidence and material relevant
    to
    the updated proposal into the new docket.
    Th~Board requests
    comment on which materials would be appropriate for incorporation
    at the time of filing of the new docket.
    The
    instant docket
    is
    dismissed,
    IT
    IS
    SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereb~~çertifythat
    ~
    above Order was adopted on
    the
    /5~
    day
    of:
    ~~~-~c-’
    ,
    1988 by a vote
    of
    Dorothy M.JGunn,
    Clerk
    Illinois ~o1lution Control Board
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