ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

September

4,

1987

IN THE MATTER OF:

VOLATILE ORGANIC MATERIAL

)

R82—14

EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY

SOURCES:

RACT

III

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by B.

Forcade):

On August

20,

1987, the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing

Company

(3M)

filed

a motion requesting

an opportunity

to appear

before the Board.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

(Agency)

filed

a response on August 27,

1987,

that the Board

should strike or deny 3M’s motion.

The basis

for 3M’s motion

is

that as

a consequence of

3M’s recent amendment of

its site—

specific proposal at the close

of the comment period,

the Board

may desire further

factual development or explanation.

3M

alternatively requests

a hearing,

an informal hearing,

a pre—

hearing or

an opportunity for oral argument.

The Agency argues

that

it would

be unfair to allow 3M an additional opportunity

to

present

facts

and arguments after

the record has closed.

3M’s motion

is denied.

The Board believes that the existing

record

is sufficient for reasoned decisionmaking and that the

benefits

to be gained

by an additional hearing

are limited and

offset by the further delay

that would

result.

The Board does

not believe

that an informal hearing

or pre—hearing meeting would

be appropriate.

Additionally, while

the Board does have the

authority

to entertain oral argument,

this procedure

is only

utilized

in extremely rare circumstances.

The record adequately

reflects the positions

of the participants

in this proceeding and

needs

no further elaboration at this

time.

IT IS SO ORDERED

I, Dorothy M.

Gunn, Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, ~hereby certify

tha’t

the above Order was adopted on

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Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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