ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May 2,

1985

IN THE MATTER OF:

NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS

)

R85-9

FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS:

STANDARD FOR RADON—222

EMISSIONS FROM UNDERGROUND

)

URANIUM MINES

)

(35 ILL. ADM. CODE 231.122)

)

RESOLUTION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J.

Theodore Meyer):

This matter comes before the Board upon

an April

17,

1985

publication

of notice

(50 Fed. Reg.

15386)

by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(USEPPI~) of

the promulgation of

a

standard for Radon—222 emissions from underground uranium mines

to air under

the National Emissions Standards

for Hazardous Air

Pollutants (NESHAP):

Subpart

B

—

National Emission Standard

for Radon—222 Emissior~sfrom Underground

Uranium Mines

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40 CFR 61

(35

Ill. Adm. Code 231.122)

Pursuant to Section 9.1

of the Environmental Protection act,

the Board

is required to adopt amendments “in substance

identical”

to the federal NESHAP amendments.

The Board will do

so through incorporation by reference of the federal amendments

as peremptory amendments.

ORDER

The Board hereby adopts the following amendment

to Title

35:

Environmental Protection; Subtitle

B:

Air Pollution;

Chapter

I:

Pollution Control Board; Part 231:

Hazardous Air

Pollutants:

SUBPART

B:

RADON-222 EMISSIONS FROM

UNDERGROUND URANIUM MINES

Section 231.122

Radon—222 Emissions from Underground

Uranium Mines

The Board incorporates by reference 40 CFR 61, Subpart B as

adopted at

50

Fed, Reg.

15386, April

17.,

1985.

84-53

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy N.

Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that the above Resolution and Order was

adopted on

t~e

U1~

day of

________________,

1985 by

a vote

of

~

Dorothy M.

q’~jnn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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